Before I apply any cleaning fluid to an LP, I use a soft-bristled paint brush to take off any surface dirt and dust. I go clockwise and then counter clockwise working from the dead wax by the label to the outer edge of the LP.
Since the 1960's I got excellent results with a little brush that clipped onto the cartridge, and when I was a kid we took terrible care of our records. We played them in stacks of 5 or more, removed the stacks and set them aside as we created more and more stacks. I stopped playing them for a while as we raised our kids and moved to new homes a few times, but I never stopped buying records. I just bought all new stereo EQ right before Covid 19, so I haven't ventured out. I don't know if they're still available. Everyone used to advise against using them, but I can testify that my records have lasted for decades.
I agree that you can clean using a cleaning solution that you can make yourself. I also use smaller microfiber towels for cleaning. My solution uses half white vinegar and half distilled water. I cover the label with a plastic cover from food container. You want to keep label dry. I spray the album side as it lays on another larger microfiber towel. Let it sit a couple minutes and wipe with microfiber in the same circular wipe. It is not necessary to completely dry, it also reduces static. Once cleaned you store it in antistatic cover and you may not need to clean it again for many plays.
Your description of de-ionised water is wrong. Boiling water and letting it cool down does not produce de-ionised water. Nor does it produce "essentially the cleanest type of water that you can use". De-ionisation requires electrical/chemical/membrane methods. Boiling water and letting it cool down will actually make the water LESS pure, as you have boiled off some of the water and left all the impurities behind in less water (although it will kill bacteria and viruses). What you could do is make distilled water by using some apparatus to condense the steam produced by boiling the water (this would be highly pure water). So basically, boiling water and letting it cool down will disinfect it, but actually makes it dirtier (higher concentration of impurities).
I use a mixture of distilled water and Isopropyl with microfiber towel for light cleaning. For more aggressive I use a mixture of simple green concrete and distilled water (1:50) with a little Isopropyl and mechanical clean with a baby brush. For super filthy records go through the a rinse with dawn soap and distilled water and a Baby bush, then go through the first 2 steps when done. Never had a problem. Just brought a Led Zeppelin Song Remains the Same LP. What a great concert album. 🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉
I have got a few records from 1949. (70 years old. Just think about that.) Columbia first introduced LP's/microgroove just a year before. One of my favorites is the Broadway cast recording of "South Pacific" with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza. It has some of my beloved songs on it: "Some Enchanted Evening", "Bali Ha'i", "A Wonderful Guy", "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame", "This Nearly Was Mine". (I know that I am a dying breed, but I do appreciate The Great American Songbook.) Anyways, I played it sometimes, but it was so filled with pops and clicks and muffled sound that I didn't do it very often. I had assumed that the muffled sound was the the result of the tonearms which were very heavy back in the day. 15 grams and more. So, I decided that since it sounded so badly, I might as well try Mr. Gallagher's technique. I spent under $20.00 USD to get the things together. Imagine my surprise when it worked. Like night and day. Miss Martin's voice was a delight; she sang like a bird. Mr. Pinza's magisterial bass was impressive. The muffled sound was clear as a bell. It's got some scratches on it, but it is 70 years old. I want to thank you ever so much. Now on to my LP's from the 50's and 60's!
I do a not too dissimilar process in 7 rounds, each round followed immediately by 7 minutes of ultrasonic cleaning in a distilled water only tub which then uses blower motors to air dry the record. ....work VERY WELL and actually makes the records (used and most new records) sound BETTER THAN WHEN BRAND NEW.
Alcohol destiled water liquid soup and a brush will clean any record, but there's techniques we all have to improve to get best result in order to not wreck the records!!!! Thanx preacher keep spinning
Christian, thanks for the reply; your method sounds easy, simple & hopefully effective. I'd love to hear how much of each ingredient you use; like maybe 90% distilled water, 10% alcohol & a couple drops liquid soap, depending on how much your making? I don't think I'd use Dawn tho because it is so concentrated I suspect you'd have trouble getting it all off the record & it may leave a residue, for better or worse. And then do you air dry it or maybe dry it with like a micro fiber cloth? Thanks in advance for any info.
My method for cleaning a record is using two car dent pullers (covers the labels), using my shower hose with my finger over it (creating higher pressure), a swirl of unscented antibacterial soap (act as a surfactant), go around each side with a goat hair brush (no chance for scratching, hairs are fine enough to get into grooves especially since soap is breaking into it as well), then once again rinsing off with the shower hose with increased pressure. Wipe it down with a fresh clean microfiber cloth and youre done. Records look and sound 50-70% better, theres no way to fully clean records without a record cleaning machine or an ultrasonic cleaning machine. Also, replacing the paper sleeves with good quality ones such as Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab sleeves post wash will prevent 90% of dust buildup, as thats usually where most of the crap in record grooves come from.
I have got a lot of LP's--Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Count Basie--that are so filled with popping sounds and they sound, how can I say, muffled. (I know that they are "old-skool", but I think that "old-skool" is the "best-skool!") I'll try your suggestions and get back to you on how they work out. Great video, incidentally.
If you want to RESTORE records, the best way to-date is the Kirmuss Record Restoration System. ....my current record cleaning regime is somewhat aligned to Dr. Kirmuss' principles.
Hey Michael....been trying your record cleaning method. It's pretty good actually. It's quietened down my old copy of Meddle. One question though, what's your approach to cleaning your various cleaning implements (eg what with, how often)? Cheers.
James Griffiths Hey James, really glad it's working out, I normally give them a scrub with deionised water when they start to show signs of wear, and them get replace every six months or so. The micro fibre clothes and car micro fibre you can pick up cheap at b and m or sometimes the pound shop, so glad this helped out, well chuffed🤓🤓🤗😎
hI if you don´t use some sort of mild detergent liquid will never enter the grooves, detergent brakes the surface tension and lets the cleaning solution into the grooves, otherwise all your are cleaning is the suface off the disc, so it may look clean but dirt remains into the grooves, also you should use alcohol with care beacuse it can damage the vinyl, I use Isopropyl alcohol in just 5% of the solution, a few drops off a mild detergent and the rest distilled water, if you use water and boil It it still has residue. Ass a final note remember the groove size is less than a human hair, so really few brushes really enters the groves, also few cleaning solutons get into the grooves, so the best method is use some kind of cleaning with a vacuum cleaner to remove the dirt with the cleaning solution. Hope this helps, in my case almost 7 years of try and error and just don´t have a really good method that works.Spend a lot of money on diy solution, I could have saved that money spent over the years and buy a proper cleaning machine
Good method. Sink sprayer first for me. Then spray bottle Distilled water and vinegar for me and w/a bit of dish soap. Then I spray bottle rinse with distilled water and dry with microfiber.
de-ionised water is made by passing an electric current through it . Boiling it in a kettle does not de-ionise water. Distilled water which is a different process is made using a heat process and it is this you should be using to clean your records. Also be careful of the percentage of IPA it should be a lot less than 25%
it's passed through a deionizing resin not electric anything RO DI(all di water is first filtered by reverse osmosis) is 0 ppm and the cleanest water you can get.
Hi Michael. Always great to welcome a new Brit to the VC. Enjoyed your opening music. I've been watching a few record cleaning records recently, this was an interesting take on it. Just out of interest, do clothes brushes come with different hardness bristles? Cheers, James
James Griffiths Hi James thanks for the comment man, going to look forward to checking out more of your videos, your work on the night fly taught me a lot I didn't know🤓really really enjoyed watching it today😎
James Griffiths ps the Harris brushes seem to have standard bristles, they are quite soft and have never left any marks for me man, let me know how you get on 🤗🤗
Don't do this. That will absolutely damage your records. Just because he hasn't detected the damage yet (likely due to poor lighting) doesn't mean it's not there.
I get a lot my LPs used from thrift shops for mostly $1 If after a visual inspection it has no scratches, I by it . If a visually perfect LP still has pops an crackles it is most always cause by just micro dust in the groves, Micro dust is EVERYWHERE and can never be avoided in any home. So I am fanatical about LP dust removal and my LPs are about as quite as a CDs etc . Before playing any LP for the fist time.... new or used, I go through my initial dust removal routine. BTW I am into classical as well as classic rock. Rock LPs are often treated like yesterday's news paper while classical LPS are generally very well taken care of by previous owners and almost never need wet cleaning.... just dust removal
the solution i use .... wait for it .......suspenseful .......SCRUBBING BUBBLES !!! YAAAAAYYYYY lol over 500 cleaned ,works amazing. FYI there are ALOT of reasons records pop , static, dirt , condition , stylus condition , to name a few some you can fix some you can manage and some got ya bent over (if ya know what i mean ) !!!!!
Yeah, I hav'nt heard or watched anyone on here speak of static? Iv'e not been into vinyl for some time now, but in the 70's I bought a $30 static gun which nowadays goes for near $90. I was thinking snake oil in the 70's, but at $90, i'm calling snake oil, just wash them! LOL
I use scrubbing bubbles for many things that others have raised an eyebrow at. The results speak for themselves. I would have no issue trying it on a dirty record.
ytrosk ouch, works for me, I go from horrible sounding records to wonderful records which I love playing. Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a comment though my friend👍🎸
Just to comment on water even though this is years old now... deionised water is water that has been... deionised :) ...had the ions removed, mostly mineral salts. Distilled water is a bit different (and much better for what you are doing) the water is boiled and the steam captured and re-condensed leaving behind most impurities. Now, boiling water essentially removes some of the pure water as steam which means what's left behind is a water with a higher concentration of impurities :0. You are doing exactly the opposite of what you think you are for the purpose of cleaning records! In the UK distilled water is not as readily available as it seems to be in the States, but there are relatively cheap machines for making distilled water, it's just a boiler and a condenser with a spout to capture the condensate into a jug.
@@rabarebra nonsense I have been using a rcm for decades I have solved multiple issues with records to say that a record cleaning machine is snake oil is laughably ridiculous speaking from true ignorance try a cleaning machine before sounding so silly lol purchasing used records a cleaning machine is absolutely essential!
@@MrPompanoman €3500 when it could cost €350 is snake oil. I know they work, but the worth is they think it is, is snake oil. When you can clean your records with distilled water and some iso for a fraction of that amount, I recommend people to do it yourself, other than having a noisy machine going, that you also have to spend huge amount of repair costs too. 1) With machines, you still need to pre-clean the records 2) Repair costs 3) Noise 4) Way too expensive for what it does 5) Results ain't mindblowing, especially not the vaccum cleaner ones or spin-clean (LOL) Manually works just fine! Actually the same as €3500 Ultrasonic cleaners.
@@MrPompanoman You know, Jon, I am a vinyl lover and CD lover and hi-res lover. Vinyl first actually. But I like its low quality. Its low dynamic range, 70dB. Which I find assuming. Hence also why the whole vinyl community is snake-oil. So many audiofools thinks it is the best thing in the world. While it actually is: 1 )Cumbersome, level up the turntable, ridiculously measuring stylus tracking force and tracking angle 2) Stylus wear, only 300-500 hours (MM), and 900-1500 hours (MC). A costy MC stylus say at $1000, wlll cost you $1 to play one hour of music (taking 1000 hours in to account) 3) To set up according to point number 1, having to buy a stylus pressure weight, leveller. Already here $50 out of the window 4) Anti-static brush, $20 5) Buy records, $30-$65 each, some $100. The $30-$65 ones being "audiophile" - which actually is not analog (many of them) - but digitally sourced 6) Trend of record companies re-releasing vinyl records in box sets. 4-5 LP's at over $200. To be precise, the Revolver Super Deluxe Box set cost $250, and are on sale for $239 (here in Norway). You may get $20 per records here (in Norway), if you purchase 3 for $60. They are guaranteed massproduced and digitally sourced. They don't sound bad, but ok. 7) Many records in point number 5) and 6) are produced by GZ Media. Ridiculous pressing plant with many workers that aren't skilled enough to press records - mostly all records are either bowlwarped, edgewarped, or dirty, or all combined. 8) Point number 7) has been proved by feedback from buyers, and also other record companies have told me in conversation that they are steering away using GZ Media, even Optimal Media Gmbh. 9) Surface noise 10) Expensive RIAA 11) Storage - a collection of say 1000-1500 records takes a hell of a lot of space 12) Carefulness. Vinyl is not for everyone. How many customers do you think comes back with broken equipment? MANY 13) Rude salesmen 14) Won't take warped records in return 15) Think they own of the business 16) Saying bowlwarped records is normal (iMusic in Denmark) 17) The list goes on and on and on... 18) Still we love vinyl records 19) Cleaning? 20) Expensive cleaning machines as far up in price as $3500 for ultrasonic cleaners - still same results as using a microfiber cloth and some distilled water+iso spray 21) bla bla bla bla bla bla We love vinyl because of the ALL above. LOL 😂
@@rabarebra such a ignorant comment I'll have to ignore it lol obviously you have never been exposed to high end analog I could prove you wrong all day everyday as could many others.
Before I apply any cleaning fluid to an LP, I use a soft-bristled paint brush to take off any surface dirt and dust. I go clockwise and then counter clockwise working from the dead wax by the label to the outer edge of the LP.
Since the 1960's I got excellent results with a little brush that clipped onto the cartridge, and when I was a kid we took terrible care of our records. We played them in stacks of 5 or more, removed the stacks and set them aside as we created more and more stacks. I stopped playing them for a while as we raised our kids and moved to new homes a few times, but I never stopped buying records. I just bought all new stereo EQ right before Covid 19, so I haven't ventured out. I don't know if they're still available. Everyone used to advise against using them, but I can testify that my records have lasted for decades.
I love the idea of a brush on the cartridge Dinah, the stacks sound scary though!!😂 thanks for taking the time to check out my channel
I agree that you can clean using a cleaning solution that you can make yourself. I also use smaller microfiber towels for cleaning. My solution uses half white vinegar and half distilled water. I cover the label with a plastic cover from food container. You want to keep label dry. I spray the album side as it lays on another larger microfiber towel. Let it sit a couple minutes and wipe with microfiber in the same circular wipe. It is not necessary to completely dry, it also reduces static. Once cleaned you store it in antistatic cover and you may not need to clean it again for many plays.
Your description of de-ionised water is wrong.
Boiling water and letting it cool down does not produce de-ionised water. Nor does it produce "essentially the cleanest type of water that you can use".
De-ionisation requires electrical/chemical/membrane methods.
Boiling water and letting it cool down will actually make the water LESS pure, as you have boiled off some of the water and left all the impurities behind in less water (although it will kill bacteria and viruses).
What you could do is make distilled water by using some apparatus to condense the steam produced by boiling the water (this would be highly pure water).
So basically, boiling water and letting it cool down will disinfect it, but actually makes it dirtier (higher concentration of impurities).
Quentin Wallace you learn something everyday Quintin, thanks for letting us know. Based on that I would therefore say pop down the supermarket 🤓
Yeah de-ionised water for car batteries is pretty cheap. Distilling water yourself is fairly easy too, if a little time consuming.
I use a mixture of distilled water and Isopropyl with microfiber towel for light cleaning. For more aggressive I use a mixture of simple green concrete and distilled water (1:50) with a little Isopropyl and mechanical clean with a baby brush. For super filthy records go through the a rinse with dawn soap and distilled water and a Baby bush, then go through the first 2 steps when done. Never had a problem. Just brought a Led Zeppelin Song Remains the Same LP. What a great concert album. 🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉
I have got a few records from 1949. (70 years old. Just think about that.) Columbia first introduced LP's/microgroove just a year before. One of my favorites is the Broadway cast recording of "South Pacific" with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza. It has some of my beloved songs on it: "Some Enchanted Evening", "Bali Ha'i", "A Wonderful Guy", "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame", "This Nearly Was Mine". (I know that I am a dying breed, but I do appreciate The Great American Songbook.) Anyways, I played it sometimes, but it was so filled with pops and clicks and muffled sound that I didn't do it very often. I had assumed that the muffled sound was the the result of the tonearms which were very heavy back in the day. 15 grams and more. So, I decided that since it sounded so badly, I might as well try Mr. Gallagher's technique. I spent under $20.00 USD to get the things together. Imagine my surprise when it worked. Like night and day. Miss Martin's voice was a delight; she sang like a bird. Mr. Pinza's magisterial bass was impressive. The muffled sound was clear as a bell. It's got some scratches on it, but it is 70 years old. I want to thank you ever so much. Now on to my LP's from the 50's and 60's!
Saint Michael hey Saint Michael, thanks for leaving this feedback, so glad you had such a great result ,with classic records👍
@@themediapreacher8154 I clean two records a day and play them. It''s like I've never heard them before. Really.
I do a not too dissimilar process in 7 rounds, each round followed immediately by 7 minutes of ultrasonic cleaning in a distilled water only tub which then uses blower motors to air dry the record.
....work VERY WELL and actually makes the records (used and most new records) sound BETTER THAN WHEN BRAND NEW.
Alcohol destiled water liquid soup and a brush will clean any record, but there's techniques we all have to improve to get best result in order to not wreck the records!!!! Thanx preacher keep spinning
Christian, thanks for the reply; your method sounds easy, simple & hopefully effective. I'd love to hear how much of each ingredient you use; like maybe 90% distilled water, 10% alcohol & a couple drops liquid soap, depending on how much your making? I don't think I'd use Dawn tho because it is so concentrated I suspect you'd have trouble getting it all off the record & it may leave a residue, for better or worse. And then do you air dry it or maybe dry it with like a micro fiber cloth? Thanks in advance for any info.
I like all of the tools you used. You should invest in a label saver to cover it before spraying the solution. Much safer way to clean.
My method for cleaning a record is using two car dent pullers (covers the labels), using my shower hose with my finger over it (creating higher pressure), a swirl of unscented antibacterial soap (act as a surfactant), go around each side with a goat hair brush (no chance for scratching, hairs are fine enough to get into grooves especially since soap is breaking into it as well), then once again rinsing off with the shower hose with increased pressure. Wipe it down with a fresh clean microfiber cloth and youre done. Records look and sound 50-70% better, theres no way to fully clean records without a record cleaning machine or an ultrasonic cleaning machine. Also, replacing the paper sleeves with good quality ones such as Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab sleeves post wash will prevent 90% of dust buildup, as thats usually where most of the crap in record grooves come from.
I have got a lot of LP's--Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Count Basie--that are so filled with popping sounds and they sound, how can I say, muffled. (I know that they are "old-skool", but I think that "old-skool" is the "best-skool!") I'll try your suggestions and get back to you on how they work out. Great video, incidentally.
Saint Michael how did it work out?? Keen to hear how or if it made a difference? Thanks David h
If you want to RESTORE records, the best way to-date is the Kirmuss Record Restoration System.
....my current record cleaning regime is somewhat aligned to Dr. Kirmuss' principles.
Hey Michael....been trying your record cleaning method. It's pretty good actually. It's quietened down my old copy of Meddle. One question though, what's your approach to cleaning your various cleaning implements (eg what with, how often)? Cheers.
James Griffiths Hey James, really glad it's working out, I normally give them a scrub with deionised water when they start to show signs of wear, and them get replace every six months or so. The micro fibre clothes and car micro fibre you can pick up cheap at b and m or sometimes the pound shop, so glad this helped out, well chuffed🤓🤓🤗😎
hI if you don´t use some sort of mild detergent liquid will never enter the grooves, detergent brakes the surface tension and lets the cleaning solution into the grooves, otherwise all your are cleaning is the suface off the disc, so it may look clean but dirt remains into the grooves, also you should use alcohol with care beacuse it can damage the vinyl, I use Isopropyl alcohol in just 5% of the solution, a few drops off a mild detergent and the rest distilled water, if you use water and boil It it still has residue. Ass a final note remember the groove size is less than a human hair, so really few brushes really enters the groves, also few cleaning solutons get into the grooves, so the best method is use some kind of cleaning with a vacuum cleaner to remove the dirt with the cleaning solution. Hope this helps, in my case almost 7 years of try and error and just don´t have a really good method that works.Spend a lot of money on diy solution, I could have saved that money spent over the years and buy a proper cleaning machine
Good method. Sink sprayer first for me. Then spray bottle Distilled water and vinegar for me and w/a bit of dish soap. Then I spray bottle rinse with distilled water and dry with microfiber.
de-ionised water is made by passing an electric current through it . Boiling it in a kettle does not de-ionise water. Distilled water which is a different process is made using a heat process and it is this you should be using to clean your records. Also be careful of the percentage of IPA it should be a lot less than 25%
it's passed through a deionizing resin not electric anything
RO DI(all di water is first filtered by reverse osmosis) is 0 ppm and the cleanest water you can get.
25% lol, why. Are you a Chemist?
I think he meant that deionized water is free of particles not sterial.
Before the scientific correction of your method with the water did your solution work?
do you use the cothes brush to get the 1st layer of solution off?
Hi Michael. Always great to welcome a new Brit to the VC. Enjoyed your opening music. I've been watching a few record cleaning records recently, this was an interesting take on it. Just out of interest, do clothes brushes come with different hardness bristles? Cheers, James
James Griffiths Hi James thanks for the comment man, going to look forward to checking out more of your videos, your work on the night fly taught me a lot I didn't know🤓really really enjoyed watching it today😎
James Griffiths ps the Harris brushes seem to have standard bristles, they are quite soft and have never left any marks for me man, let me know how you get on 🤗🤗
Yeah, will do. I'm going to try your method. Think I can rustle together most of the tools!
James Griffiths cool James, I asked my wife where she got me the clothes brush from she says it was from wilkinsons, have fun 🤗
A lot of tap water in the US has lots of lime, it wil ruin a record. Distilled water is the way to go
do you recommend this method to clen new LPs (because of the static, a little dirt from the pressing,...)?
Tadej Radojčič hey Tadej thanks for checking out my channel, I don’t think it would hurt but the newer records should be fairly clean 🧽
Don't do this. That will absolutely damage your records. Just because he hasn't detected the damage yet (likely due to poor lighting) doesn't mean it's not there.
Is the painting pad detachable?
I get a lot my LPs used from thrift shops for mostly $1
If after a visual inspection it has no scratches, I by it .
If a visually perfect LP still has pops an crackles it is most always cause by just micro dust in the groves, Micro dust is EVERYWHERE and can never be avoided in any home.
So I am fanatical about LP dust removal and my LPs are about as quite as a CDs etc .
Before playing any LP for the fist time.... new or used, I go through my initial dust removal routine.
BTW I am into classical as well as classic rock. Rock LPs are often treated like yesterday's news paper while classical LPS are generally very well taken care of by previous owners and almost never need wet cleaning.... just dust removal
the solution i use .... wait for it .......suspenseful .......SCRUBBING BUBBLES !!! YAAAAAYYYYY lol over 500 cleaned ,works amazing. FYI there are ALOT of reasons records pop , static, dirt , condition , stylus condition , to name a few some you can fix some you can manage and some got ya bent over (if ya know what i mean ) !!!!!
Curt Bradley love it Curt, 100 percent correct!! Thanks for leaving a comment dude!
Yeah, I hav'nt heard or watched anyone on here speak of static? Iv'e not been into vinyl for some time now, but in the 70's I bought a $30 static gun which nowadays goes for near $90. I was thinking snake oil in the 70's, but at $90, i'm calling snake oil, just wash them! LOL
I use scrubbing bubbles for many things that others have raised an eyebrow at. The results speak for themselves. I would have no issue trying it on a dirty record.
He scrubbed the record the wrong way Across the groves BAD PRACTICE.
70% from a chemist? I buy 97% at the store
Dawn Bledsoe in Britain a pharmacy is called a “chemist”
My apologies I did not know that
Got kicked off. The comment about boiling I think is nor correct. It requires a distillation process. It’s like less than 2 $ gallon/ liter US.
Boiled water is not de-ionised water
you had to place a custom order from a chemist for 70% alcohol? every store around me has 70-99% alcohol for 4$.
Bulletz4life uk laws I’m afraid 😡
Everything you did was fine. Except you need one or two rinse steps after you clean to get rid of the soap residue!
Did he say he used soap?
He only used water and isopropanol, that will vaporise.
Boiling water doesn’t deionise it.
Jon hi Jon, Quentin pointed this out below, I have been buying deionised water from supermarket since that comment 👍
The Media Preacher Ah no problem good on you. Greetings from Adelaide, Australia.
Jon hey John, the power of the internet, I am amazed that a person on the other side of the world has seen my content!! Waving right back at you 🤓
Thanks for showing the world how to smear existing dirt throughout a vinyl record...
ytrosk ouch, works for me, I go from horrible sounding records to wonderful records which I love playing. Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a comment though my friend👍🎸
This works very good for me too. You don't smear anything. It is wiped off.
You know, only dorks spends €3500 on a record cleaning machine.
I spray solution pretty heavy and let it set for a minute and then suck it up with a vacuum before I ever lay a scrubber or towel to the surface
Just to comment on water even though this is years old now... deionised water is water that has been... deionised :) ...had the ions removed, mostly mineral salts. Distilled water is a bit different (and much better for what you are doing) the water is boiled and the steam captured and re-condensed leaving behind most impurities. Now, boiling water essentially removes some of the pure water as steam which means what's left behind is a water with a higher concentration of impurities :0. You are doing exactly the opposite of what you think you are for the purpose of cleaning records!
In the UK distilled water is not as readily available as it seems to be in the States, but there are relatively cheap machines for making distilled water, it's just a boiler and a condenser with a spout to capture the condensate into a jug.
Analogis clean (Lenco clean) but with Vetril liquid, from 50 years and for the rest of my life !!!
Why do you hurt your brain? to record cleaning you bring a cotton shirt and vinegar to clean it?
Cause it’s a part of the fun of the hobby dude😎
Good work sir
Please one record Plyar send me please sir
Lol hilarious roflmfao purchase a record cleaning machine and take care of your records
Only idiots waste their money on such machines. Heard of audiofools? Snake oil?
@@rabarebra nonsense I have been using a rcm for decades I have solved multiple issues with records to say that a record cleaning machine is snake oil is laughably ridiculous speaking from true ignorance try a cleaning machine before sounding so silly lol purchasing used records a cleaning machine is absolutely essential!
@@MrPompanoman €3500 when it could cost €350 is snake oil. I know they work, but the worth is they think it is, is snake oil.
When you can clean your records with distilled water and some iso for a fraction of that amount, I recommend people to do it yourself, other than having a noisy machine going, that you also have to spend huge amount of repair costs too.
1) With machines, you still need to pre-clean the records
2) Repair costs
3) Noise
4) Way too expensive for what it does
5) Results ain't mindblowing, especially not the vaccum cleaner ones or spin-clean (LOL)
Manually works just fine! Actually the same as €3500 Ultrasonic cleaners.
@@MrPompanoman You know, Jon, I am a vinyl lover and CD lover and hi-res lover.
Vinyl first actually. But I like its low quality. Its low dynamic range, 70dB. Which I find assuming. Hence also why the whole vinyl community is snake-oil. So many audiofools thinks it is the best thing in the world. While it actually is:
1 )Cumbersome, level up the turntable, ridiculously measuring stylus tracking force and tracking angle
2) Stylus wear, only 300-500 hours (MM), and 900-1500 hours (MC). A costy MC stylus say at $1000, wlll cost you $1 to play one hour of music (taking 1000 hours in to account)
3) To set up according to point number 1, having to buy a stylus pressure weight, leveller. Already here $50 out of the window
4) Anti-static brush, $20
5) Buy records, $30-$65 each, some $100. The $30-$65 ones being "audiophile" - which actually is not analog (many of them) - but digitally sourced
6) Trend of record companies re-releasing vinyl records in box sets. 4-5 LP's at over $200. To be precise, the Revolver Super Deluxe Box set cost $250, and are on sale for $239 (here in Norway).
You may get $20 per records here (in Norway), if you purchase 3 for $60. They are guaranteed massproduced and digitally sourced. They don't sound bad, but ok.
7) Many records in point number 5) and 6) are produced by GZ Media. Ridiculous pressing plant with many workers that aren't skilled enough to press records - mostly all records are either bowlwarped, edgewarped, or dirty, or all combined.
8) Point number 7) has been proved by feedback from buyers, and also other record companies have told me in conversation that they are steering away using GZ Media, even Optimal Media Gmbh.
9) Surface noise
10) Expensive RIAA
11) Storage - a collection of say 1000-1500 records takes a hell of a lot of space
12) Carefulness. Vinyl is not for everyone. How many customers do you think comes back with broken equipment? MANY
13) Rude salesmen
14) Won't take warped records in return
15) Think they own of the business
16) Saying bowlwarped records is normal (iMusic in Denmark)
17) The list goes on and on and on...
18) Still we love vinyl records
19) Cleaning?
20) Expensive cleaning machines as far up in price as $3500 for ultrasonic cleaners - still same results as using a microfiber cloth and some distilled water+iso spray
21) bla bla bla bla bla bla
We love vinyl because of the ALL above.
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@@rabarebra such a ignorant comment I'll have to ignore it lol obviously you have never been exposed to high end analog I could prove you wrong all day everyday as could many others.
I didn't understand a word he said
You must be American
Most US people do not understand.