kuad
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Record Cleaning - Soap and Water - test results
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kuad
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exactly.
As with everything else in this hobby, people are passionate about the means to the end of listening music. We stick to our individual methods because firstly, they work for us. Or, as someone else said, we've vested some resources into it. Either way, what we have to do is look closely at how we gauge the cleanliness of the record. How can we quantify that the record is indeed clean, not just to our ears, but really clean.
kuad
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With the turntable, receiver and speakers ready to go in the man cave the only thing left is to get some records. Following AK advice reading a thread re sink washing records your going to the hardware store to purchase dent pullers, a dish drying rack, paint pads, micro fiber towels and Dawn with your meager allowance. On the way home you have a list of yard/garage sales to hit for records. Mission accomplished with a few dozen records in a cardboard box you arrive home and the wife asks where have you been and what's in the bag and box. Why honey it's record cleaning supplies and used records for my man cave audio system. Well the wife didn't need a nose like a bloodhound to smell the box of records reeking of mildew and cat urine. She asks what do you plan to do with that stuff, your not stinking up the house after I spent all day cleaning on top of doing the supermarket shopping and running the kids around to activities. AK member replies that it will be cheap, quick and easy to clean the records in the kitchen sink as recommended on AK. Wife replies over my dead body, next thing I have start preparing food for dinner so forget about the kitchen sink and counters, OFF LIMITS! Alright lovey I'll go down in the basement and use the laundry tub and folding table to wash the records. Wife replies no bleeping way I'v got clothes, sheets and towels going in the washer and dryer your not going to make a pig pen out of that area either. AK member asks well where can I wash my records? The disgusted wife replies the minivan needs to be washed, you can take your bleeping records out in the driveway and wash them there while you clean the filthy minivan. I figure this could be a realistic episode of "sink washing" for the typical AK member.
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In this very man-unfriendly, misandrist society, perhaps. I enjoyed what you wrote, but please, use some spaces and paragraphs. Got a bit hard to read.
Oh, and I'm guessing spending 300 and up for a RCM wouldn't fly with many wives, either.
My wife is tolerant, but the recent amassing of even more gear has pushed her to "perpetual gripe" status, so this hit home.
Stand fast, boys!
Maybe she's right and maybe she's wrong but I have to admit the wife is juggling a part time job while the kids are in school, maintain the house, cooking meals and making sure the kids do their homework along with everything else. This sink cleaning thing doesn't look like it's ever going to fly with her. There's got to be a way I can clean my records and not invade her working space. No the bathroom isn't going to work either. Checked back on AK and a few guys are talking about DIY record cleaning machines they assembled for peanuts with an old vacuum cleaner, a crevice tool and discarded turntable, they even mixed their own cleaning fluids. What if I made one and only used it in the man cave she'd have nothing to bitch about. I'll even crank up the music a little to cover the sound of the vacuum so she wont know I'm cleaning records. I might get away with this one and finally enjoy a couple hours of down time in my little audio world after the wife and kids go to bed.
In your situation, I'd recommend a spin clean, then. No noise, no sink needed.
True this, but once you're married, the p*#@y doesn't really call the shots anymore, yet for me, I still have to step N fetchit.
Marriage is an odd thing. I'm 4 years in, and if I had it to do over again, I'm not sure I would.
Society has morphed and changed so much, I see little advantage. Don't misunderstand, I LOVE my wife, but my b.s. tolerance is only getting worse as I age, and women are rife with b.s.
28 days in the average menstrual cycle, 28 days in the average lunar cycle.
Werewolves? Who can say?
any females reading this thread, I put this all down with my tongue firmly in cheek. Please do not take offense. I still love women.
I have a SpinClean, and have really been surprised how well it works. Only a few times have I had to resort to the glue, which, if that doesn't fix it, it can't be fixed.
I did try the goo-gone stuff on a strange dab of white stuff on a Clapton album. Looks just like a tiny drop of superglue. It took a tiny bit off, but really scrubbing with Dawn and a paint pad dislodged more of it. Still a tiny bit on it, I'll try again tonight. DAMN hard to budge. Can't help but wonder if it was a random cigarette ash that actually burned the vinyl or something.
hi*ball
Records & Coffee
How I LOVE that hand built machine!! I remember that thread. Great freakin' job!!
Nah, you can even leave the fluid in the thing and just do one at a time if you wanted. Only thing is you HAVE to use their fluid, system won't work without it.
