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In Reply to: RE: "washing' Lps with only water. Rinse under faucet, then pat dry with VIVA, vacuum final dry. Perfect posted by Elizabeth on May 08, 2012 at 15:43:21
Try putting the record in a plastic sleeve right after vacuuming and see what happens. My albums go in new paper sleeves for at least 20 minutes to thoroughly dry.
Purified water is $0.35 a gallon at Price Chopper, made to order by a 'vending machine'. Aquafina bottled water would be my 2nd choice.
Playing records wet does quiet them down, but the saying goes 'Once you play wet, you must always play wet'. Do you ever find black gunk stuck to your stylus? What is that stuff and where did it come from?
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-reub AKA CAC Certified Audio Cheapskate
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I'd surely drop an LP every now and then doing that, but then again I'm a klutz.
After vacuum cleaning on a KAB EV-1, I set the album in a letter rack (with cushion dots applied; they only touch the record label) to dry until the next album is finished cleaning (maybe 10 minutes). It's fully dry by then, and not left out any longer than neccessary to limit any new dust accumulation. Every LP gets a new polylined sleeve and the jacket gets a clear poly cover.
I use an Acoustech Carbon Fiber Brush before each play. I don't live in a scientific clean room, but I do the best I can.
See ya. Dave
I learned as a teen many years ago not to wash piles of Lps aand just stick them into sleeves. (especially plastic sleeves!!)
I only wash a LP if it needs it just before play.
New to me LPs go straight into the shelves until i want to play one.
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