Anyone with experience cleaning vinyl records?

[HUGHPHUG]

@TeTe @Strychnine I can't think who else is in that vinyl thread, should have looked first @Yoricks Wisdom and @Satanical Eve I think

Anyway, any of you guys have any tips for cleaning records? I have a ton I want to sell, a lot of hip hop from the 80s through the 90s, and hip hop records tend to be handled more than any other genre

I was thinking about getting a budget cleaning machine, like this Spincare Cleaning Machine

Just wondering if it's worth it or anyone cleans their vinyl regularly after buying them secondhand. Any tips welcome

 

[Satanical Eve]

@TeTe @Strychnine I can't think who else is in that vinyl thread, should have looked first @Yoricks Wisdom and @Satanical Eve I think

Anyway, any of you guys have any tips for cleaning records? I have a ton I want to sell, a lot of hip hop from the 80s through the 90s, and hip hop records tend to be handled more than any other genre

I was thinking about getting a budget cleaning machine, like this Spincare Cleaning Machine

Just wondering if it's worth it or anyone cleans their vinyl regularly after buying them secondhand. Any tips welcome

Record cleaning machines are the best option to clean your records. That Spincare one is a great budget version that definitely does the job. That spincare one is manually operated. You pour the liquid inside, put the record inside, and then you manually spin it three times clock-wise, and then three times counter-clockwise and you now have a clean record. If said record is very badly dusty, and then you can do it 4-6 times to clean it. The solution that is inside the cleaner is good for about 20 to 50 records at a time. The 4 oz bottle can clean about 700 records, the 8 oz bottle can clean about 1,400 records, and the 32 oz bottle can clean about 5,600 records. I don't own the Spincare but my friend does and it does the job with cleaning records. Been thinking about buying it myself since it is a really cheap and it works.

I use this cheap audio-technica cleaning kit and it works. You just take the liquid, apply a drop or two into the brush pad and then rock the brush back and forth to lift dust and contaminants from the groove.

Amazon.com: Audio-Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit with Record Care Solution, Brush Pad, Storage Base, and Adhesive Tape : AUDIO-TECHNICA: Electronics

Amazon.com: Audio-Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit with Record Care Solution, Brush Pad, Storage Base, and Adhesive Tape : AUDIO-TECHNICA: Electronics

www.amazon.com

 

[Pittie Petey]

Record cleaning machines are the best option to clean your records. That Spincare one is a great budget version that definitely does the job. That spincare one is manually operated. You pour the liquid inside, put the record inside, and then you manually spin it three times clock-wise, and then three times counter-clockwise and you now have a clean record. If said record is very badly dusty, and then you can do it 4-6 times to clean it. The solution that is inside the cleaner is good for about 20 to 50 records at a time. The 4 oz bottle can clean about 700 records, the 8 oz bottle can clean about 1,400 records, and the 32 oz bottle can clean about 5,600 records. I don't own the Spincare but my friend does and it does the job with cleaning records. Been thinking about buying it myself since it is a really cheap and it works.

I use this cheap audio-technica cleaning kit and it works. You just take the liquid, apply a drop or two into the brush pad and then rock the brush back and forth to lift dust and contaminants from the groove.

Amazon.com: Audio-Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit with Record Care Solution, Brush Pad, Storage Base, and Adhesive Tape : AUDIO-TECHNICA: Electronics

Amazon.com: Audio-Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit with Record Care Solution, Brush Pad, Storage Base, and Adhesive Tape : AUDIO-TECHNICA: Electronics

www.amazon.com

Reading this post reminded me of the old CD/DVD scratch repair buffing kits, where you had to put the gel on the disc and then sand it down with the included cloths


Sweet memories of bygone days


Now I'm missing Tower Records LoL

 

[TeTe]

Reading this post reminded me of the old CD/DVD scratch repair buffing kits, where you had to put the gel on the disc and then sand it down with the included cloths


Sweet memories of bygone days


Now I'm missing Tower Records LoL

You could still do that if you want. My wife still buys CDs... Has hundreds of them. Although ideally you don't scratch them in the first place lol.

 

[Pittie Petey]

You could still do that if you want. My wife still buys CDs... Has hundreds of them. Although ideally you don't scratch them in the first place lol.

I still have a decent sized CD collection of old 80's & 90's Bay Area rap CD's, I used to have a huge collection but one day my dogs chased a raccoon or possum into my shed and turned over my CD shelfs onto the floor and then a 5 gallon bucket of paint got busted open and poured all over my CDs and I didnt see it for weeks so by that time it was just a huge stone glop of plastic and paper and dirt and paint, looked like when Homer tried to build a BBQ

I lost a lotta good music that day...

 

[Yoricks Wisdom]

@TeTe @Strychnine I can't think who else is in that vinyl thread, should have looked first @Yoricks Wisdom and @Satanical Eve I think

Anyway, any of you guys have any tips for cleaning records? I have a ton I want to sell, a lot of hip hop from the 80s through the 90s, and hip hop records tend to be handled more than any other genre

I was thinking about getting a budget cleaning machine, like this Spincare Cleaning Machine

Just wondering if it's worth it or anyone cleans their vinyl regularly after buying them secondhand. Any tips welcome

This is what I use but the other one mentioned is good as well no doubt.

 

[TeTe]

I'm open to suggestions here as well since I don't own sort of cleaner or cleaning kit.

I'm not really bent on buying an ultrasonic cleaner either.

 

[syct23]

I'm open to suggestions here as well since I don't own sort of cleaner or cleaning kit.

I'm not really bent on buying an ultrasonic cleaner either.

Try Windex,

That stuff cleans just about everything..

 

[nonoob]

I'm open to suggestions here as well since I don't own sort of cleaner or cleaning kit.

I'm not really bent on buying an ultrasonic cleaner either.

Remember that "Less is More" with everything. Using Windex is fine, but No Type Of Soap as it can remain in the grooves. IMO it works best with warm-watered dampened MicroFiber cloth, DollarTree ones work fine. Always gently wipe in a circular motion with minimal pressure, never going straight across the grooves.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Record cleaning machines are the best option to clean your records. That Spincare one is a great budget version that definitely does the job. That spincare one is manually operated. You pour the liquid inside, put the record inside, and then you manually spin it three times clock-wise, and then three times counter-clockwise and you now have a clean record. If said record is very badly dusty, and then you can do it 4-6 times to clean it. The solution that is inside the cleaner is good for about 20 to 50 records at a time. The 4 oz bottle can clean about 700 records, the 8 oz bottle can clean about 1,400 records, and the 32 oz bottle can clean about 5,600 records. I don't own the Spincare but my friend does and it does the job with cleaning records. Been thinking about buying it myself since it is a really cheap and it works.

I use this cheap audio-technica cleaning kit and it works. You just take the liquid, apply a drop or two into the brush pad and then rock the brush back and forth to lift dust and contaminants from the groove.

Amazon.com: Audio-Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit with Record Care Solution, Brush Pad, Storage Base, and Adhesive Tape : AUDIO-TECHNICA: Electronics

Amazon.com: Audio-Technica AT6012 Record Care Kit with Record Care Solution, Brush Pad, Storage Base, and Adhesive Tape : AUDIO-TECHNICA: Electronics

www.amazon.com

This is what I use but the other one mentioned is good as well no doubt.

Thank you gents

 

[TYR-I]

@TeTe @Strychnine I can't think who else is in that vinyl thread, should have looked first @Yoricks Wisdom and @Satanical Eve I think

Anyway, any of you guys have any tips for cleaning records? I have a ton I want to sell, a lot of hip hop from the 80s through the 90s, and hip hop records tend to be handled more than any other genre

I was thinking about getting a budget cleaning machine, like this Spincare Cleaning Machine

Just wondering if it's worth it or anyone cleans their vinyl regularly after buying them secondhand. Any tips welcome

Just use a wire brush against the grooves