This is my method.
And I use an old toothbrush to flick dust/hairs off the cleaning brush ever-so-often. So don't touch with oily hands.
VEVOR Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaner 6L - Any Opinions?
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And I use an old toothbrush to flick dust/hairs off the cleaning brush ever-so-often. So don't touch with oily hands.
baked_potato
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After reading people's opinions on these I was about to pull the trigger but then remembered all of the other items on my wish list and the conflict with my household's annual budget, hah
Does there happen to be anyone in Maryland or DC area who has one of these cleaners who will rent it to me for a week?
Does there happen to be anyone in Maryland or DC area who has one of these cleaners who will rent it to me for a week?
Boy you got that right!!!
Possibly. Send me a PM ("Start a Conversation")
Gigantic
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my Vevor will clean 5 vinyls at a time. A tank of fluid, approximately 5L, will do as many as 30, depending on how dirty they are.
8 at a time. Works great. Water gets thrown out after every session. Run a degas cycle before cleaning. More expensive US cleaners have a setting for degas, but a 5 min run with nothing in it (ie:the water) does the same thing. You only have to degas once per session.
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Rob-ber
Super Member
Sorry I don't know what that means (ie:the water). Without water or with nothing in the water?
A degas (de-gas) cycle with the water and whatever you're using as a surfactant. You don't ever run an US cleaner without the tank full or the transducer can be damaged. Same as you don't run it with any objects (IE: whatever you're trying to clean) in contact with the tank walls or the transducer can be damaged.
All water has entrained air in it. So will anything you add to the water (ie: surfactant). You run a degas cycle to remove as much of it as possible before cleaning objects. Improves the cleaning action. Entrained air interferes with the formation of the cavitation bubbles. It will eventually degas while cleaning too, but it takes longer. Quick 5 min degas cycle and it's cavitating as well as it can right from the start.
The Vevor is a bare-bones, inexpensive machine so they don't add many options. I'm actually surprised they even included a heater for the price they are asking for them. It works well enough, but you kinda have to have some knowledge of US cleaners and how they work to get the most out of it. Ones like my Branson (lab grade) have settings for things like Degas cycles:
Degas is just a 5 min cycle, so you can do the same thing on the vevor by running a 5 min cycle with nothing but the solution in it.
You also have to remember the US cleaner can't do anything for physical damage to the vinyl or dirt/dust that's already been impacted by the stylus and embedded/attached to the vinyl.
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doctor fuse
Super Member
I bought one but it’s too noisy and time consuming and no less work with no better results than my old method (Spin Clean and vacuum dry) so I no longer use it. For cleaning records, anyways.
Same
doctor fuse
Super Member
Yeah, happened to me at just over 30C, but fortunately they returned to shape after cooling in water.
LakeWorthB
New Member
For those that run 5-8 records at a time, how much space between records? I have the stock 2 records at a time setup, but could 3d print something new.