Unless you are buying They are completely new-and often at the time-you are probably dirty. The new records are sharp and it attracts dust. Old records in the basement of other people are sitting in boxes. It has been sold, sold, sold, clean, and repaired some of the earth and oil stones: Your records probably need a good bath.
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Why wipe won’t work
If you do a fast Amazon search, you will find a ton of products that are predicted to clean the vinyl records. Typically, they use sprays and a cleanser such as a fabric or pad to clean the surface. However, the vinyl grooves are so small that the fibers of each fabric cannot reach it. While you may get the cleaning fluid into the grooves, it is very difficult to restore it. This means that traditional cleaning or rotation devices mainly spread soil in the grooves.
This is where the vacuum suction or ultrasonic cleaners enter. Fantasy recording cleaning devices This is one of Pro-Ject ($ 450) Use a plate and a vacuum system to physically suck the unpleasant cleaning solution of the grooves, with the engine that rotates the record in two directions. Ultrasonic cleaners use high -frequency sound to basically shake the soil from the grooves. Both do well to ensure that dirt, dust and limestone actually come out of the small grooves in your record.
Business Tools
If you follow the suction path, you can buy a full record in one like what is made by Pro-JUST above, or if you feel unpleasant, you can simply buy one of them These excellent attachments ($ 30) For a small shop vacuum.
Then, all what you need is this Cleaning solution ($ 35)A Cheap toothbrush ($ 7), Smells Vacuum ($ 50)And an old recording or spindle player to convert a record when the soluble vacuum of the grooves. Look for old items in passionate shops, because all you need is a table that is physically rotating, not playing music. I have had astonishing results to clean my records using this system, and I bring the old shell records to clean and glossy masterpieces in minutes.
If you want to clean the records as an ultrason (the best for people who have large collections, because you can clean multiple disks at the same time), I recommend. A moderate -level general model such as this ($ 425)Human. After cleaning, you only place them on the drying shelf.
