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From:
wil maurer
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Date:
Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:19:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] wet cleaning products for vinyl
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wil maurer <battleforitaly@yahoo.com> wrote:Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:18:18 -0800 (PST) From: wil maurer Subject: Re: [idm] wet cleaning products for vinyl To: AllYourBetas AllYourBetas <allyourbetas@skwire.net> wrote:
quoted 1 line Hmm... so I should stay clear of these products?> Hmm... so I should stay clear of these products?
not necessarily. I use two different vinyl cleaners on my records - Groovy Cleaner, which is a good light cleaner for dirty records. it's probably about the same thing as using a distilled water and light alcohol solution and manages to clear up any dirt particles or dust on the record. as far as i can tell it does not effect the sound of the record - only cleans it. the other product I use is called Gruv Glide. this product supposedly improves the fidelity of your records. I'm not too sure about that, but if I clean a record thoroughly with groovy cleaner, let it dry, and apply a small amount of Gruv Glide, the record stays clean for a good long time - it actually seems to repel dust - and it also seems to make the record sound cleaner - less pops & static. What I have a question about is this: cleaning cloths. I know that the traditional way to wipe dust off of records is with a piece of felt - which works okay - but i've found that some of the optical cleaning cloths made by fellowes & 3m seem to work a lot better. My question is this: will these micro-fiber cleaning cloths designed for glasses and camera lenses fuck up my records? I can't really tell. I had this one 3m cloth that was more heavy-duty (thicker, heavier fabric than the other ones I use) and it seemed to make records sound worse (perhaps making tiny little scratches on the vinyl?) but the thinner cloths don't have this problem. any thoughts/advice? _________________ _________________ nao/music: http://www.mp3.com/naoko nao/blog: http://speakerslayer.livejournal.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard _________________ _________________ nao/music: http://www.mp3.com/naoko nao/blog: http://speakerslayer.livejournal.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard