If you want to do it cheap , then you have to do it yourself including some DIY construction .
There is a video on you tube that explains this method better than I probably will .
For @$60 purchase a small wet/dry shop vac , a plastic tailpiece for a sink and an old fashion drain stopper .
Cut a slit @ 6 in. long in the drain pipe and put the stopper in the big end of the pipe . Stick the other end of the pipe into the vac end piece on the end of the hose . Wrap a piece of micro fiber around the tube and cut a slit in it the same size as the one in the pipe . You have now made a record vacuum cleaning machine !
Now go to another store and get 2 of the old fashion ketchup squeeze bottles with caps on the spout , a bottle of 91% rubbing alcohol , a gallon of distilled water , 2
paint pad edger devices and a small bottle of dish soap .
Fill one of the ketchup bottles with distilled water and label it RINSE . In the other bottle just cover the bottom with dish soap , then fill up to @ 1in. from the top with distilled water and the last inch with the alcohol and shake it up . You have now made your cleaning and rinse solutions !
Set a record on a clean lint free towel and squirt some cleaning solution on it and spread it around with one of the paint pads . Let it sit for a bit and then use the pad again , in the direction of the grooves . Now vacuum off the dirty solution . Squirt some of the rinse solution onto the record and repeat the brushing with the second paint pad and vacuum dry . Now put a clean lint free towel onto the first one , under the record , and turn the record over to clean the other side . When done stand the record up to make sure that it is completely dry before returning it to the clean sleeve .
I used this method on side A (usually the heavier use side)
after cleaning the entire record in a Spin Clean tank using
their cleaning solution and drying towels . Both my wife and myself could tell a noticeable difference between the two sides of the record ! The DIY cleaned side had a little more detail , less background noise and more you-are-there presence .
For @ 70-75 dollars and a bit of extra work the DIY method did quite a bit better job than the @100 dollar Spin Clean method . This DIY method is now my preferred way .
Good luck .
There is a video on you tube that explains this method better than I probably will .
For @$60 purchase a small wet/dry shop vac , a plastic tailpiece for a sink and an old fashion drain stopper .
Cut a slit @ 6 in. long in the drain pipe and put the stopper in the big end of the pipe . Stick the other end of the pipe into the vac end piece on the end of the hose . Wrap a piece of micro fiber around the tube and cut a slit in it the same size as the one in the pipe . You have now made a record vacuum cleaning machine !
Now go to another store and get 2 of the old fashion ketchup squeeze bottles with caps on the spout , a bottle of 91% rubbing alcohol , a gallon of distilled water , 2
paint pad edger devices and a small bottle of dish soap .
Fill one of the ketchup bottles with distilled water and label it RINSE . In the other bottle just cover the bottom with dish soap , then fill up to @ 1in. from the top with distilled water and the last inch with the alcohol and shake it up . You have now made your cleaning and rinse solutions !
Set a record on a clean lint free towel and squirt some cleaning solution on it and spread it around with one of the paint pads . Let it sit for a bit and then use the pad again , in the direction of the grooves . Now vacuum off the dirty solution . Squirt some of the rinse solution onto the record and repeat the brushing with the second paint pad and vacuum dry . Now put a clean lint free towel onto the first one , under the record , and turn the record over to clean the other side . When done stand the record up to make sure that it is completely dry before returning it to the clean sleeve .
I used this method on side A (usually the heavier use side)
after cleaning the entire record in a Spin Clean tank using
their cleaning solution and drying towels . Both my wife and myself could tell a noticeable difference between the two sides of the record ! The DIY cleaned side had a little more detail , less background noise and more you-are-there presence .
For @ 70-75 dollars and a bit of extra work the DIY method did quite a bit better job than the @100 dollar Spin Clean method . This DIY method is now my preferred way .
Good luck .