Anyone use a record cleaning machine? Any Good
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yes Doddy, you put that mixture/cleaner in the trough mixed with water then spin it round by hand 3 times one way then 3 the other then put it on a rack 'like a big toaster rack' that comes with it that holds 10 12" records until they dry.
Think i'll take a punt on it for £50.
i've just been researching it, the pads are apparently not very good and do not go into the grooves very deep like brushes, so for now i'm going to hold off and just use very good micro fibres and a shaving brush, oh and it says never use tap water always distilled water, dunno why.
Cancel what i just said Doddy, Billy messaged me and he's got a similair machine with deep cleaning brushes to get in the grooves properly so i'm going to buy that from him..Good price..Happy Days.
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haha doddy - no such luck . . .Haha he be selling his kids next
All good mate hopefully it sorts your vinyl out , some say it makes them like new again . Hopefully yours turn out well
I've used this for years and think it's brilliant:
spinclean.com
Is it as good as RCMs like Okki Nokki, VPI, Loricraft etc? Well, probably not. But those are also 5x more expensive and (sometimes much) more. I'd be interested to know if anyone has done a comparison. I'll be surprised if the results justify spending hundreds more, though i'm open to being convinced. For what you pay, i think the Spin Cleaner results are excellent.
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Is it as good as RCMs like Okki Nokki, VPI, Loricraft etc? Well, probably not. But those are also 5x more expensive and (sometimes much) more. I'd be interested to know if anyone has done a comparison. I'll be surprised if the results justify spending hundreds more, though i'm open to being convinced. For what you pay, i think the Spin Cleaner results are excellent.
Cheers for the info spaceface. All the best palI've used this for years and think it's brilliant:
Spin-Clean Record Washers - Shop the Official Spin-Clean Store
Enjoy better sounding vinyl records. With our patented Spin-Clean® MKII Record Washer, you'll have everything you need to clean and maintain your LPs.
Is it as good as RCMs like Okki Nokki, VPI, Loricraft etc? Well, probably not. But those are also 5x more expensive and (sometimes much) more. I'd be interested to know if anyone has done a comparison. I'll be surprised if the results justify spending hundreds more, though i'm open to being convinced. For what you pay, i think the Spin Cleaner results are excellent.
I brought one of these (below) yrs ago.
I have to say it really did clean up some really dirty Vinyl, ok its very time consuming, I had over a 1000 to clean, but I really could see and hear the differance...
The solution did not affect the ctr labels, it did make them look brand new tbh, of course if there are small scrathes you will see them.
One thing I would say is buy new inner sleeves, has you would be putting a clean item back in a dirty sleeve, and some of the tracks I had were out of a loft and had bits of grit in them...
The drying rack worked well.
The replacement liquid isnt cheap, but I have seen you can make your own..
I have to say it really did clean up some really dirty Vinyl, ok its very time consuming, I had over a 1000 to clean, but I really could see and hear the differance...
The solution did not affect the ctr labels, it did make them look brand new tbh, of course if there are small scrathes you will see them.
One thing I would say is buy new inner sleeves, has you would be putting a clean item back in a dirty sleeve, and some of the tracks I had were out of a loft and had bits of grit in them...
The drying rack worked well.
The replacement liquid isnt cheap, but I have seen you can make your own..
DISCO-ANTISTAT RECORD CLEANER: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments & DJ
DISCO-ANTISTAT RECORD CLEANER: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments & DJ
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Excellent info Chinatownswhite, Thanks for the knowledge & taking time to comment, I will buy new inner sleeves like you suggested, All the best.
I use the disco-antistat Shaboo, as China says, very time consuming, maybe 7 or 14 an hour tops depending on if you leave them to dry naturally. I'd also make your own fluid as China also says, dirty vinyl will make for a dirty ""bath" and need changing pretty regularlly. You can hear the difference from just giving it a spray and wipe for sure.
Never even thought of this Johnny...duh!!! Makes perfect sense as well lol, just need 10,000 new inner sleeves now haha
Yes the brushes do get into the grooves and pulls all the dirt out, but has you say changing the fluid pretty regularlly, really is a real must.
I have to say Rob the state of some the ones I cleaned was unreal, I had to be so carefull getting some of them out of the sleeves has I could hear the grit rubbin against the vinyl, so I ended up cutting them out of the inner sleeve, but some of them got scratched from when my mate got them out of his loft....
I did have to laugh though, when going through them, there must of been 20odd tracks that had my name on, so I had brought my own records back that I had lent him in 89-91 I wasnt gonna complain has I got a right bargin, a mixed bag of house hardcore and some old hip hop funk etc over 800 for £120.00
Just 3 of the tracks at the time were worth more than what I paid....
I think you can buy the plastic ones that are meant to be anti static but Im not convinced tbh
I managed to get a second hand machine that 'Billyrave' no longer uses and i'm making my own cleaning fluid -
2 drops of Isopropyl alcohol,
couple drops washing up liquid,
Distilled water.
New inner sleeves.
That should do the trick...'hopefully'
Cheers for taking time out to reply.
120 notes is a bargain an a half mate, can't grumble at that.
Very true mate. New inners have definitely been the most expensive part of cleaning my tunes. You just can't put them back inside a used paper inner after all that effort, can you? My trick is to take literally years to do this (still a work in progress) and spread the cost
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