Record and needle cleaning
How do you clean your vinly? I saw a recomendation for this http://www.jr.com/discwasher/pe/DW_1006/#productTabDetails
I’ve read that the Shure m44-7’s like to collect grime and should be cleaned often with a brush and solution. Where can I get those things?
Try gruve glide this is pretty much the best you can buy.
+1 I Continue to be amazed at how much crap it picks up. For those who do use gruv glide, how do you clean the little pads?
Gruv Glide is great but for really dirty records you want Groovy Record Cleaner. Or just soap and water. But for everyday use I use a dry carbon fiber brush so I can play the record right away. This one here is the bomb: Amazon.com
You can also clean dry with a lint roller (not the tape kind but the kind with a gooey layer of rubber crap that sticks to things); this sort of thing: Amazon.com
Nagaoka used to make a lint roller style thingie just for records but I don’t think you can find those anymore. But I got a lint roller for five bucks at the drug store and it works fine.
And yes it’s good to clean your stylus once in a while because they do get coated with gunk. Q-Bert shows how to clean one stylus with another stylus but I find it only works if you have bionic vision. Look for this sort of thing: Amazon.com
There are different ones out there but you want to make sure you get one with a brush with lots of short bristles packed into a tiny space rather than long bristles loosely packed.
Here’s a good place for a run-down of a lot of different cleaning products available, though their prices can be beat: http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Record-Cleaner
woodglue for deep cleaning
but they ruined the shine of records. i wont do this again
i heard people actually used Armor All to clean their records?
Found a thread on vinylengine on how to make your own cleaning solutions. Gruv Glide is it the best?- Vinyl Engine
Lighter Fluid, and a dry wipe board wiper.
i might rub a record on my t-shirt…or use an anti-static brush…used the same technique for 13+ years
needles get brushed with the brush that came with them (Ortofon DJS) when needed
Mr Clean Magic Eraser for your needle cleaning needs, one box of three will do you years.
As for record cleaning solutions, I’m a bit wary of them, sometimes I swear the surface noise of the record has increased after what looked like a good cleanup. On my control vinyl I don’t care so much but… I’ve pulled quite a few handfuls of hair trying to get a cleaner record for digitizing.
I use isopropyl alcohol and water for vinyl, applied with a microfibre cloth or Rodec brush.
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An ultrasonic bath in isopropyl alcohol for the styli