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From:
David Hodgson
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Date:
Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:04:18 -0700
Subject:
Re: [idm] wet cleaning products for vinyl
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At 15:47 04/11/2003 +0000, Glenn McClements wrote:
quoted 15 lines Some people that won't go near those products and claim that it affects>Some people that won't go near those products and claim that it affects >the sound. I'm not that fussy myself, but if you want to be extra careful >just used distilled water to clean you wax and nothing else. > >>I record most of my vinyl to hard drive for archiving... obviously it is >>in my best interest to get the records as clean as possible before >>recording. I recently came across a "wet" vinyl cleaning product in my >>local music store (some sort of spray with a hand brush). Do you guys >>think this kind of product would be ok to use? Can they hurt the vinyl >>at all? Since some of my records are very dear to me, I don't want to do >>anything that could potentially damage the vinyl (obviously). >> >>Worst case scenario, it doesn't help... but can it hurt? >> >>Thanks :)
to professionally clean records you need a good record cleaning machine and the right liquids...when properly executed the results can be truly astounding...even new records will sound better/quieter and dusty gems you find in bargain bins can be restored to almost like-new condition...some examples... http://www.vpiindustries.com/hw17.htm ...we use this model @ pbe and it's killer! http://shopping.netledger.com/s.nl/c.ACCT106601/sc.2/category.498/.f http://www.keithmonks-rcm.co.uk/ http://www.garrard501.com/prc2.html lots more...just drop RECORD CLEANING MACHINES into Goggle and go...many different cleaning fluids do a fine job...I'm using RECORD RESEARCH LABS VINYL WASH in our VPI HW-17 and have NEVER had any problems. for really dirty records multiple cleanings help. cheers. david / pbe / new mexico --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org