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| Record Cleaner Advice? @tomic601 Do not use vinegar with the Nitty Gritty or any vacuum-RCM; the vinegar - acetic acid can corrode the metal vacuum blower/motor. Although vinegar at 5% acidity is a weak acid it can corrode steel or plated steel. | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning @bianchi27 If the cleaner is dissolved/soluble in the water, sediment filters >0.1 micron will not remove the cleaner. However, for cleaners such as Tergikleen that are a combinations of a soluble chemical Tergitol 15-S-9 and insoluble Tergitol... | |
| Ilford Ilfotol use after expiring date FWIW; here are some details:ILFORD™-ILFOTOL™: This is a wetting agent that is water mixed with a combination of 1-5% of a very efficient nonionic surfactant (likely Stepan™ BIO-SOFT™ N25-7 or N25-9 which is similar to Tergitol 15-S-7 or 15-S-9) an... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,Not sure you are aware, but you should be able to buy a record label protector - Amazon.co.uk: record label protector. These are the same as the Groovemaster record label protector. | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,Recognizing your issue with local very hard tap-water, your process looks great - try the distilled white vinegar before the Dehyphon final clean and that should improve your results. I was misunderstanding your term "Ultrasound Solution... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,For the 5% Acidity White Distilled Vinegar - this you buy at your local grocery store. Its generally provided in 1-pint (~500 mL); 1-quart (~1L) and larger containers. The pint containers I buy have screw top threads that are used by man... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,First good news that your getting good results (as expected).Referencing - Vinyl Record Manual Cleaning Process (thevinylpress.com), the pre-clean step (if using Alconox Liquinox) is where you can get some foam as noted Figure 15; and mo... | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? Peter Ledermann is in the hospital fighting COVID Keep Peter Ledermann In Your Thoughts - Audionirvana.org.Thoughts and prayers to Peter for a recovery. One of the true gentlemen of our hoppy/pursuit and he makes a fine cartridge (I have three). | |
| Cartridge for my friend @264win,Two notes of caution; from the Pro-Ject manual USER GUIDE (project-audio.com), the tone arm is very low mass - 6g, so you want to stay with a medium compliance cartridge such as the Ortofon 2M series, the Nagaoka MP-300 and the Garrott P... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,I assume you are preparing 90 mg/300 mL = 0.03%. There is an inconsistency in the document (that I will fix in the next ed.), while Para IX.6.a states "...for manual cleaning 0.01-0.02% would be recommended.", Para III.EU/UK.a) states: "... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,We do not need absolute accuracy so we assume specific gravity of water of 1.0, so 300 mL = 300 g, and 0.025% LS54 = 75 mg. So your math to achieve 0.025%I not sure how you plan on using the LS54. The high concentration you prepared 0.025... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac, If you down loaded the new 2nd Edition of the document Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records, read paragraph XIV.10 and you have 4 options, try one or try all and listen for which works best for you. | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? The ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation, 2015 (https://www.clir.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/pub164.pdf) commissioned for and sponsored by the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress, states: “Vinyl discs are the most stabl... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @keegiam,Once you have established cleanliness its all about maintenance of cleanliness; and in my opinion the only thing that belongs in the groove is the stylus. | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? Bill,The likelihood of the debris being pigment is pretty remote. The pigment forms with the PVCa/PVC a polymer so its not going to wear individually. However, consider this, the stylus develops pressures on the order of >10,000 psi and very... |