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Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse

Readers unfamiliar should reference Precision Aqueous Cleaning of : Vinyl Records by Neil Anton, 3rd Edition, March 2024 available for free on line.  It will provide specific details that I will reference in passing here for brevity.  Specifically, look at Chapter III - Solution Preparation; Chapter VIII - Vacuum Cleaning Machines; and Chapter IX - Ultrasonic Cleaning Machines.  

Summary of Methodology (for very dirty records):1. Preclean 2. Pre-Wash 3. Rinse 4. Vacuum (partial) 5. Tergitol clean 6. Vacuum (partial) 7. Ultrsonic Final Rinse (2minutes) 8. Final Vacuum Dry  

Summary of Methodology (for new to v.good records): 1.Tergitol clean 2. Vacuum (partial) 3. Ultrasonic Final Rinse (2minutes) 4. Final Vacuum Dry                        

Materials Used:  Distilled Water obtained for local grocery store, Tergitol 15-S-9 (0,5ml/L); Liquinox (5ml/L).

Machines:  VPI MW-1 Cyclone; HumminGuru Nova

Brushes:  Osage, VPI, Record Doctor

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My process is similar:

1. Loricraft vacuum with L'Art du Son in DW. Applied with Mo-Fi pad, then scrubbed in both directions with 10µ tip Stasis Groove Cleaner brush. Vacuum dry.

2. Loricraft rinse with DW applied with a second Mo-Fi pad, vacuum dry.

3. Degritter rinse and U/S wash, heavy cycle with DW alone.

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