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Thread: Cleaning and inner sleaves |
    
New member Username: Yellowtail
Arlington,
MA
United States
Post Number: 3
Registered: Apr-08
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| Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 10:07 am: |
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Maybe you guys could give a shot at this one...
whats the best way to clean old records and the best way to keep new records their cleanest. What kind of brush do you suggest?
also what is the best inner sleeve? |
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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 12597
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 12:20 pm: |
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Do a search through the archives of this section. This has been discussed in detail on several threads. If you don't care to wade through a few posts, place "diy record cleaning" in a search engine. |
Bronze Member Username: Jmsoave
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
USA
Post Number: 86
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 08:12 pm: |
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Best inner sleeve I've found:
http://www.sleevetown.com/lp-sleeves-inner.shtml
This cleaning system works pretty good for me:
http://www.soundstagedirect.com/DISK-Washer.shtml |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 10341
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 08:06 am: |
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Using a brush is fine for surface dust, but driving the crud deeper into the grooves is counter-productive...
Look at discwashers, and if you have a lot of vinyl, vaccumn supported wet washers are a good investment.
Check needledoctor.com and compare. |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 10342
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 08:06 am: |
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Nice looking sleeves, Joe! |
Bronze Member Username: Jmsoave
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
USA
Post Number: 90
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 01:02 pm: |
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Agreed with Nuck on the cleaning. For serious deep cleaning, the wet (and dry) brush only helps so much...for me it's a quick fix until I can afford a really good vacuum cleaner. As you can see on Needledoctor, the good ones are above $500. |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 3003
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Monday, June 09, 2008 - 10:12 am: |
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If you prefer to keep the original inner sleeves and use an antistatic sleeve in that, look at the Nagaoka inner sleeves. A pack of 50 cost £15. have a look at:
https://www.audiophilecandy.com/prodet.asp?pcode=CL-NAG-NAGA&rel2=&0=More+Info
As for cleaning, it depends on how mucky they are, age and condition. If all you want to do is remove a little bit of fluff from ostensibly clean records, then use something like a Goldring eXstatic brush. If you wish to clean properly but cheaply, look at Milty's Permaclean. If you have lots of static problems, use Permastat (works brilliantly).
If you have hundreds of records all needing cleaning, look at a Nitty Gritty cleaner or one of the expensive ones from VPI or Loricraft. |
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