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spin clean for dummies!

Balifly said:
Use rainwater, it has no mineral content.
We have lots of rain water here!:D
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Doesn't rain form because water condenses to small particulate in the atmosphere? That was always my understanding, which explains why my car is always so uniquely dirty after a rainstorm.


And yes, I know you're kidding. :D
 
I bought a Spin Clean a couple of weeks ago after reading this thread and another one on this forum. I've had about 250 records for a couple of years that I got off CL, Goodwill, etc. But they played like crap and hand washing them was a pain. A good RCM was not gonna happen anytime soon.
The SC worked great for these, and some of them were very dirty. Took me probably about 10 hours over the course of several days. Here's how I did these:
I had 3 stations set up - The SC itself, towel drying, and air drying.
1. I gave them a quick rinse in the sink first to get the major dirt and dust off (spun them slowly on a big nail under low flow tap). This helped make the cleaning solution last a lot longer.
2. Cleaned in the SC. After the SC I gave them another tap water rinse and then gave them a couple of high-RPM spins on the big nail to get the loose water off. I have a water softener, not sure if that's better or not than regular tap but way easier than using distilled.
3. Then to the towel drying station where I dried with the towels supplied with the SC. I just put the record on a coffee cup and wiped with the towel in a circle, then waved the record in the air over my head and down to my knees 10 times. At this point the record is almost dry.
4. Then to the air drying station which was 15 cups all over the kitchen. I put the towel-dried records on cups (horizontally) for about 30 minutes to air dry. As I was cleaning some, others were air drying.

My CD Player hasn't been on in over a week. I've been listening to a lot of good music that I never really knew I had. Definately worth the $80 for the SC and the time and effort to clean them.
 
Just another little hint. . . Some have complained that the brushes grip too tightly making the hand spin difficult.I work around this by using a set of "dent pullers" on either side of the LP as it rests in the SC container.This makes spinning very easy ,also makes shedding the residue easier because you can really torque your spin. I think you can pick-up the "dent puller" from Autozone.:thmbsp:
 
I gave them a quick rinse in the sink first to get the major dirt and dust off (spun them slowly on a big nail under low flow tap). This helped make the cleaning solution last a lot longer.
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Good idea!
 
sebrof said:
I bought a Spin Clean a couple of weeks ago after reading this thread and another one on this forum. I've had about 250 records for a couple of years that I got off CL, Goodwill, etc. But they played like crap and hand washing them was a pain. A good RCM was not gonna happen anytime soon.
The SC worked great for these, and some of them were very dirty. Took me probably about 10 hours over the course of several days. Here's how I did these:
I had 3 stations set up - The SC itself, towel drying, and air drying.
1. I gave them a quick rinse in the sink first to get the major dirt and dust off (spun them slowly on a big nail under low flow tap). This helped make the cleaning solution last a lot longer.
2. Cleaned in the SC. After the SC I gave them another tap water rinse and then gave them a couple of high-RPM spins on the big nail to get the loose water off. I have a water softener, not sure if that's better or not than regular tap but way easier than using distilled.
3. Then to the towel drying station where I dried with the towels supplied with the SC. I just put the record on a coffee cup and wiped with the towel in a circle, then waved the record in the air over my head and down to my knees 10 times. At this point the record is almost dry.
4. Then to the air drying station which was 15 cups all over the kitchen. I put the towel-dried records on cups (horizontally) for about 30 minutes to air dry. As I was cleaning some, others were air drying.

My CD Player hasn't been on in over a week. I've been listening to a lot of good music that I never really knew I had. Definately worth the $80 for the SC and the time and effort to clean them.
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That's pretty much my situation as well, glad to hear it worked so well:thmbsp:. I would love to own a rcm, or vacuum machine (nitty gritty, etc) but I don't have the money. I'd rather put $80-100 down on a spin clean than get another discwasher, since mine is wearing out and the results aren't great.

Nice way of cleaning them as well. I've informed the family about the spin-clean as a birthday present (wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, etc). I'll have to post my results if I wind up getting one (if I do it'll be in under a month).
 
DON'T FORGET TO PREWASH THE BRUSHES!

I had a hell of a time (search my older posts) discovering why the first ~25 LPs sounded worse after washing them. Then I emptied the first batch of dirty water, and black ink-- precisely the same color as the brushes-- came flowing out. I suppose the brushes were leaving a residue of INK on the records. Sounded terrible. After washing the brushes with soap, the 2nd batch was clean, and sounded great.

I recently purchased mine, so you might have the same problem. Watch out!

My brushes were also ridiculously hard to slip in and out (uh, VICE-GRIPS, ANYONE?). This was obviously a manufacturing error, and I had to sand down the edges of the brushes. Now it does not have a death-grip on my records, and leaves them sounding clean and clear!
 
this is awesome guys , i am glad everyone is giving their advise, AK really is a great resource for all of us! but i guess if you are reading this you alreay know that!

so i still havent gotten around to taking the SC out of the box, but i believe tomorrow is the day, will update tomorrow night. thanks again guys
 
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