That’s my sense of this method, probably only really worth the effort and expense for a particularly prized but filthy record. I have some in the latter category but not many that I care enough about to bother with all this lol.
I really have no idea how you used a whole bottle on one record. I used about 3 tablespoons or so. Spread it out with a piece of straight plastic…I will report back tomorrow…
Be careful. The spots where the glue was thin on the grooves was a pain to remove.
There was a light residue left behind, but it was easily rinsed off before rinsing the record. This was tested on a sub focus dubplate thats gone past it’s play count by a lot and it sounds pretty damned good after the wood glue treatment.
So I did this next one on the turntable. About half a third of an 8 oz. bottle.
8 fluid ounces = 16 tablespoons = 2 Tablespoons per ounce
half a third of 8 ounces = 1.33 ounces
1.33 ounces = 2.66 Tablespoons
I think I did that right…
Lol. I havent a clue, but yeah doing it how it was in the video definitely made it spread better and it was too thick this time.
On the plus side, I have two dubplates that I can now play again. ![]()
Yeah the glue is great for filthy records. Never bother with only a little bit of dirt.
Glad you have some good records again now.
that may have been the worst video ever… ![]()
Haha. Thats the point.
I used to use the Lighter Fluid and a lint free eyeglass cloth. It was my go-to cleaner of choice when I used to buy tons of manky S/H flea market vinyl.
Yes I know its frowned upon by some, but I never had any noticeable problems with sound degrading on ones I’d “washed” multiple times over the course of 15 years.
Just made the 1:1 with high grade 99 percent Isopropyl Alcohol and Distilled water (plus two drops of detergent). Cleaned the records pretty good. Picked up some of the surface noise of older records.
get the 91 percent alcohol (no additives), distilled water, mix 1:1, add a drop or two of basic dish detergent, spray bottle, gently shake…works great and non toxic, safe…
