Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?

70's friend... you said: "But the bad thing about both of them is they don't maintain full pressure for very long. You have to stop frequently to let them build pressure back up because with continued use they just seem to "run out of steam"......... :-)".... an it does :-(

Like you, I found that clarity, wider staging and spatial information is improved a lot. Not to mention that the needle is a happy camper after playing a record :^) Debries? NADA, NOTHING... The grooves, like you said, looks well defined and shinny.

So far, pops are reduced and backed a lot with a lower noise. They are not eliminated but not as intrusive as before.

Jahaira

Heres a question for you guys and gals, We all know that lps we buy need the whole clean routine. My question is lps we already have cleaned by other than steaming methods. Has any one gone over those cleaned lps and made one or two passes with the steamer as a re rinse. Did you get better sounding vinyl.
I have some Nerl Ultra Pure Reagent Grade Water coming for cleaning and steaming. Will continue my steaming at that time.

Stltrains, good question.. A friend who bought the steamers yesterday asked me the same question an hour ago. Since my cleaning methods are manual, I will try my best with one of my cleaned and most noise free records. Will report lately.

That same friend is going to visit another good friend tonight with the Perfection Stemaer and they will clean a few records to compare them with our friends Loricraft + Audio Intelligence cleaned records he have. I have seen the Loricraft in action and it's amazing what it can do for a dirty record. Problem is, it cost over $1,500.00 and that's a lot of chunk for me... :O(

They will contact me with their results and will see how including the steaming worked for his method.

Jahaira

Stltrains: If you have any records that were cleaned with any method/cleaning solutions that did not use ultrapure water as the final rinse/step, I think you will find very clearly that going over those records using the Nerl water as a rinse and steaming with the Nerl water when it arrives will result in better sound quality and quieter records.

Hdm i kind of evolved my lp cleaning method in the past 2 years. I was strictly manual with using Disc Dr.s wash with locally bought distilled water along with MFSL brushes on a large lazy susan. I also used a small shop vac with the little attachment and a cotton cloth covering the opening. Then i went with Walkers Prelude system still using my manual method. I broke down and bought a 16.5 and really glad i did, along with Walkers cleaners. When i switched to Walker i marked the outer cover with a W so i know which i cleaned and rinsed with Walkers water. And at that time i could hear a difference for the better rinsing with Walkers. I bought some Audio Intelligence cleaner and water not long ago. And it was that water i used in my first steam cleaning. Like i said above steaming takes a lps sound farther for better sound IMO. I will most likely steam rinse my lp collection, though i will be getting 5 gallons of Nerl water on my next order for that job and hopefully more lps out there i may get in time.

Jahaira please get back to us on your findings.

Many thanks for the input guys.