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Keeping your vinyl clean... And general vinyl woe.

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mikoss:
Vinyl people... Apologies if this info is elsewhere throughout the site, but I'm hoping for a list of options on how to clean records before use. Any/all info and suggestions would be super awesome.

Here is my personal struggle:
- new records have a bunch of shit on them. (Paper bits, dust, fluff, etc).
- I have a cheap-ass brush that I've been using, which removes 80-90% of the visible shit, while also conveniently creating tiny scratch marks all over my new records.
- I'm considering a vacuum, perhaps even a wet scrubber system, or glue.
- Would prefer a non scratching, easy to use method that would work in my living room. I live in a condo, so the wet methods would be a real pain in the ass... But I'm not completely lazy and willing to do what it takes.
- Also finding new records that come bent- fucking awesome! I saw some weight/heat method for fixing them, but that is another discussion. I've resorted to buying 2 copies of some records because they came scratched. What a pain.

Merci.

Marvey:
This works OK short of a VPI cleaner. Time consuming though.

JK47:
I have a Spin Clean, and it makes a noticeable difference. I dry the records in a dish rack.

I'll be rigging up an ultrasonic cleaning system in the near future.

OJneg:
Wood glue works well and is cheap

Anaxilus:
Love the wood glue method. Eventually I'll get some ultrasonic device perhaps loaded with the Brook Berdan uber duper magic vinyl juice. As a mechanically oriented person, I don't see myself limited to proprietary vinyl/audiophile offerings.

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