Vinyl Cleaning/Spin Clean

[polykarpos45]

Wondering how everyone is cleaning their vinyl...used or new records. I've recently started using my spin clean again and am very happy with this method:

Spray album on both sides with homemade cleaning solution
Run through spin clean
Let air dry
Put in poly-lined inner sleeve

I previously would spray records and wipe with clean cloth, but feel like that's just rubbing dirt back into the grooves.

 

[DeeCee]

Spin clean (using their solution - it has a surfactant that drops the dirt/particles to the bottom of the container). Rinse using distilled or heavily filtered water then towel and air dry then place in fresh poly sleeve.

Maintenance with anti-static brush from then on (unless contaminated with fingerprints then back to SC).

 

[Bonkers60]

Spin Clean followed by a distilled water rinse (spray bottle), and then I vacuum dry with a DIY setup.

 

[arclight73]

Record cleaning machine for cleaning and a good rinse with distilled water and another pass through the RCM.

 

[jed69]

I just run through the spin clean, dry with one of the cloths that came with it, and from then on, I just use my brush before each playing. I never touch my records after cleaning and they go right into their sleeves after each play, so I usually only give them one really good cleaning. I have used the glue method on some, and it works very well, but it's tough to get every speck of glue off the runouts (at least in my experience) so I haven't done it in a long time.

 

[mdev]

I got back into vinyl a couple years ago and migrated to a spin clean. I got decent results but not what I was hoping for. I found that I got better results using a paint pad.... The I stumbled across this record cleaning device that I hook up to my shop vac. The price wasn't much more than the original spin clean was and the results I have gotten are fantastic. I've been using it for around 6 months and have cleaned a good 100 records using it. The results frankly to this novice were astonishing to say the least. I can't be more happy. Here is a thread link to the device on others in AK that are using it. My spin clean is now sitting here collecting dust..lol http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....achine-by-canfab3d.673269/page-9#post-9554120

 

[scubaguy10]

I bought a Spin Clean MKII a week ago. I follow their directions, use their solution, and dry the records with a pack of microfiber cloths I purchased on Amazon at the same time. My results are simply great! I'm very pleased, not only with the sound but the fact that I can clean about 50 records per hour.

 

[cartop]

Spin Clean here with the supplied solution. Then I rinse with distilled water and dry with the cloth supplied. I am happy with the results.

 

[Hajidub]

I bought a Spin Clean MKII a week ago. I follow their directions, use their solution, and dry the records with a pack of microfiber cloths I purchased on Amazon at the same time. My results are simply great! I'm very pleased, not only with the sound but the fact that I can clean about 50 records per hour.

Wow, that's smoking fast! About 12 an hour for me, but I like to partially remove the record from the SC, wedge it at the top of the brushes, and let it drip dry for a bit (usually read liner notes or gatefolds while it's drying).