Vinyl records & Discwasher cleaner


My vinyl record collection was stored for 40 years with multiple moves through out the years. Last stop was work. One day I entered my office and unexpectedly found boxes of 700 albums. Someone needed space and without asking piled them in office. Moved them to my home. Got me thinking. Divorced, kids out, home with rooms I can play loud without disturbing neighbors. Why not go for it. I restarted my journey back into the HIFI world.  Turned out to be an expensive move.

Now a days, as with most, streaming is the preferred mode of transportation in the journey if HIFI. From time to time, I pull a record out to play. Most of the time I’m stunned when I hear most of them have little pops or other noises, if at all. Then I remember that I was pretty religious about cleaning them before play with Discwasher cleaner.

Does anyone else remember using Discwasher with their records back in the 70’s? sure there’s a few of you young chaps that used it.

Not sure when they stopped selling them. Most likely early 80’s when CDs done them in.

goldenways

Showing 3 responses by lewm

Did it work “great”, or was it just a successful marketing phenomenon at a time when there was no serious competition?

As I recall, it was odorless, which means it had to be quite dilute, if it contained alcohol. Or that any alcohol had evaporated by the time I took a whiff.

Among audiophiles I knew back in Diskwasher days, more that a few thought the fluid was just water or very diluted alcohol at best. What’s the inside scoop on that?