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Anybody using the last record preservative

Back in the early '80s I started using last record preservative now here 40 whatever years later just picked up another bottle because I noticed all my new records have a lot of noise with the exception of a few analog Productions and some Rhino records are pretty quiet but the most have a lot of surface noise long story short picked up a new bottle of last record preservative put it on one of my records and OMG the difference is amazing my system nowadays is way more resolving than it used to be noise floor has dropped into the basement and the musical and the music has jumped to the foreground

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danmar123
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Do you clean your new LPs, when they arrive? I find there’s more crap on the record from the factory then buying used.

larryi
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There are three possible answers that I can think of: 1)  The act of scrubbing the records in the application process for LAST is quite rigorous and that can remove crap in the groove of new records.  I actually clean the records thoroughly before applying the LAST because I don't want to be rubbing hard with abrasive crap in the groove.

2) The second thing is that, after treatment, the records feel smoother (lower friction) when running any kind of brush against the groove, this less abrasive surface might reduce production of noise.

3) The lower friction means lower build up static electricity when the stylus tracks the groove reducing both attraction of dust and the noise generated by static discharge jostling the stylus.

rpeluso
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longest sentence ever

lewm
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Feeling the surface of an LP doesn’t tell you much about friction in its grooves.

secretguy
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Punctuation is your friend.

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