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Record cleaning machine vacuum
Sorry : The exact name is the Bissell "Little" Green Machine , they apparently have other Green Machines that cost much more. 
Lp cleaning - scrubbing records - any downside?
Readers: The scrubbing LPs does not imply pressure. Heavy pressure against the grove is not what you want. I personally use extremely soft shower brushes and gently ever so gently "scrub" the LP surface following the grove from the outside in and ... 
Record cleaning machine vacuum
Readers : A Bissell "Green Machine" (model # 1653, 1653-1, 2 or 3) are perfect solution for self contained record cleaning machines . Just plug the solution tube and place two "Disc Doctor" felt strips on the mouth of the cleaning head. The units ... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
O : Without a microscope its hard to make a good guess. My suspicions are some sort of "Last or Sound Guard-type" product or a pressing issue. If either is correct, the problem maybe beyond the limits of cleaning . I have never done this but for a... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Something to Consider: According to emails from "Analog Fanatics" , as they upgraded analog playback front ends into the maga-buck world , not only did they hear more from the LPs , but a new character (we shall label dust/grit) created a sonic si... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Drubin : Contamination appears to begin with the quatity of the water. The "cleaner" the water the less contamination to the heating tank. I have received emails from "steamers" that remark they clean out the tanks with every useage. I try to use ... 
Has anyone heard the Soundsmith cartridges?
Peter Ledermann is well know to me. His work on cartridges is second to no one as is his re-tipping and complete cart re-do's . Check out his web site WWW.Soundsmith.com and yes for the money nothing beats his strain gauge(6K&up) that I have e... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
As soon as I find a buyer for the idea which in all likelyhood isn't going to happen soon. I guess that other units are probably out there in the East but I have not seen one yet. The unit destatics , spins, drying both sides using a high-speed fa... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Readers: FYI some excellent pic's of a Walker Proscenium Black Diamond's air control system w/plenums and tubing configuration shown on Item, 1213341044 for the DIY crowd. 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
A conditional yes. My first home made RCM was a ultrasonic-based unit that was affective in removing debris from the groves. Water quality played an important role with that ultrasonic unit. With the unit turned on , the record grove acted like a ... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Ghosthouse : Thank you for your posting. Your comments in regard to bacteria are helpful. It seems to me that microbes scour the LP grove better than most cleaners, although I have been assured their actions can be minicked by enzymes alone. Perha... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Hdm : My experience using live bacteria (that release enzymatics to assist digesting organics) , the results have been impressive for cleaning dirty used records. I also include a stage for record cleaning fluids & steaming that appears to imp... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Stltrains : What makes this thread "work" is that steam cleaning works and is a significant stand alone or adjunct to popular record cleaning methods. According to my email most everyone hears improvements over conventional RCMs. Combo'ing Steam a... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
Tshulba: Jim Pendleton, President of Osage Audio & Audio Intelligent Products reports Sheffield Lab Records , which weren't in paper sleeves, were probably treated with Last Preservative that is beginning to go bad. He wrote , "Last is a polym... 
Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?
T : Sorry, the correct product name is "Audio Intelligence Vinyl Solutions".