![]() Go over each side (lightly) at the sink in a circular motion under a flow of water using a micro-fiber cloth. Google and inspect images of grooves under a microsope if you haven't seen them before, it will give you a whole new appreciation for the need for cleanliness and the cleaning process. Debris is just as easily rubbed into them as removed. I started to comment yesterday and it quickly turned into sounding overly complicated to explain. Vince666's comments echo my thoughts about there being much nuiance to the process. After it’s done I just clean the records normally, after I remove them from the sleeve and put them on the table I use a Diskwasher D4 brush and it’s good to go. This process is a pain in the butt, and I only do it one time to the used records I get from thrift or record stores. I have found it to be true through tests. I use toilet paper to dry the record as I read or heard somewhere that toilet paper has almost nothing hard in its makeup and doesn’t scratch stuff. Then it’s important to dry the record with something and not let it drip dry as calcium & lime are in suspension in the tap water and would stay on the record to some degree. ![]() My thinking is as the pad & soap loosen particles & oils into suspension in the water flow that the continuing flow of water from the tap will just wash everything off the record and down the drain in the sink. I get the kitchen sink water running slowly at a little above body temperature and wet the record under the tap being careful not to get the center label to wet and I use a small amount of dish washing detergent on the pad and go around the record in the direction of the grooves and continue to rinse the areas that I just cleaned as I go so the soap does not dry at any time and after I am done I take a second pad with no soap and keeping the record under the tap of water I rinse it real good, turning the record and moving the pad in the direction of the grooves until it’s rinsed good. I have a piece of material very similar to what is on a Diskwasher D3 pad, so it has lots of fine hairs sticking out that would reach the bottom of the grooves in the record. Your current record cleaning solution may leave contaminants on the record mainly due to the soap you are using and the purity of the alcohol. I do weed out really badly scratched record when shopping as there isn't much you can do about scratches. I buy mostly used records and half of the sound very good after one cleaning, on some repeated cleanings yield acceptable results and on about 10% nothing you do will make them sound much better. LAST power cleaner work well, but is expensive so I only use it on really bad records. ![]() ![]() There are plans for a DIY record vaccum on the internet as well. A vaccum cleaner is nice, I have a cheap, basic nitty gritty that i use to suck of all matter on the record after rinsing( it also dries it), but it's not necessary with the disc doctor's system. The disc doctor's system brushes have replaceable pads for the brushes when they wear out. My brother has used it for years with his VPI record cleaning machine and likes it a lot. There is a formula to homebrew your own record cleaning formula, I think it's distilled water, 99% pure isopropyl and Photo flow, I don't remember the exact mixture but i know you only use a couple drops of Photo flow. The Brushes and enough fluid to clean 250 or so records would cost about $100 and work better than a spin clean. Disc doctor's miracle record cleaning system is the best I've used and works really well. ![]()
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