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RCM troubles

mackat

mackat

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Hi,

I have a js1138 RCM cleaning machine. However, this has nothing to do with this particular particularly excellent machine. When I clean one side, then clean the other, dust from the platter tend to get transferred to the first side! How do I prevent this? Also, how much dust is acceptable to expect the stabilizer brush on my Shure M97xe to clean?

Thanks a lot!

MacKat
 
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I think with this situation I'd probably give it a turn under a carbon fiber brush before setting the needle down.
 
Clean your platter silly!

The platter on my RCM is cleaned before I start a cleaning session and should it appear to get dirty during a session it would be recleaned

The mat on my TT is never dirty as it's never uncovered except to place a clean LP on it. And yet I clean it every so often.

In the process of cleaning my LPs each side is shot with a Zerostat about 6 times and they are kept in NEW antistatic inner sleaves.
 
G'day all, well from pesonal experience with my Knosti Disco Anti-Stat anyway, although it does a fine job cleaning records, the brush on my M97xE still picks up visible dust by the end of a record side's play.

I'm not sure where that dust comes from, but the record 'is' clean. :scratch2: Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
Maybe quick wipe of the platter with a damp microfiber cloth before each side.

It's so humid where I live that I don't see dust attracted by static.

At any rate, this machine doesn't really have a mat, so it's easy to clean.
 
catman said:
G'day all, well from pesonal experience with my Knosti Disco Anti-Stat anyway, although it does a fine job cleaning records, the brush on my M97xE still picks up visible dust by the end of a record side's play.

I'm not sure where that dust comes from, but the record 'is' clean. :scratch2: Regards, Felix aka catman.
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You are using original Konsti Fluid ?

If yes, try different cleaning formula, my DL-160 also picks up dust after cleaning with original fluid, all problems are gone when I use de mineralized water + dishwasher fluid + drop of Fotonal

Regards,
-Mike
 
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G'day mate, yes I'm using the Knosti liquid. One question, what is 'Fotonal'? I'm not familiar with that product.

Also, how much diswashing liquid do you use? Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
exact proportions are (for one Knosti RCM container) -

distilled water

few drops (about a small spoon) of dishwasher liquid ( no lemon etc )

few drops of Fotonal (polish version of Photo-Flo by Kodak, Mirasol 2000 by Tetenal )

you can also add few drops of isopropyl alcohol
 
Distilled water doesn't seem to be as readily available in the UK as it once may have been, just that deionised stuff. Does it work the same or do I need distilled?
 
I mean normal Deionised water ( can be added to car battery pack) without any minerals

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sorry for my bad English guys
 
^^^It's not bad English, I have dionised water which I thought was pretty much the same as distilled water, but apparently it isn't. I think I read somewhere that we should use distilled water for cleaning records.
 
" I thought was pretty much the same as distilled water, but apparently it isn't."

I thought the same :)

Moreover, for filtering you should use filters from coffee express, not that weird thing from Knosti

Because DIY formula is very cheap , I clean seven records, and change liquid, I don`t even filtering it, but if you want to filtering use coffee filters
 
I used a mixture of isopropyl and deionised water, it wasn't as good as the Knosti fluid, I found.
 
leepal said:
^^^It's not bad English, I have dionised water which I thought was pretty much the same as distilled water, but apparently it isn't. I think I read somewhere that we should use distilled water for cleaning records.
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I think the difference would be that the distilling process should leave behind the non-ionized solid particles in addition to the ionized particles.
 
I have a plan for testing water. Get a sheet of clear glass. Put a spoonful of water on it and and allow it to evaporate. If you can see any residue, it's not good enough for cleaning records.

If there is no residue, even under magnification, it might be OK.
 
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