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Do we ever need to clean the carbon fiber brush aside from just cleaning the dust off rotating the handle? Maybe a distilled water rinse?
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When I do the vacuuming (yes, I do that in this household) and am around the setup, I remove what ever head is on the hose and just use the hose against my Hunt brush and vacuum off whatever is on it. Works well. My problem is that I don't clean often enough.
Harry
Hadn't thought of using a vacuum cleaner! I guess that would work.
I use the Hunts brush. 2 carbon fiber brushes with felt in between. I just brush it off with my hand. Been doing this for the last 10 years.
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the
most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
I've heard good things about the Hunts brush. I'll add that to my collection.
Good info. Thanks. I find it somewhat difficult to keep the fingers off the bristles when you're rotating the handle to clean the dust.
using your fingers or had to clean the bush is verboten in practical terms. the oils that make fingerprints (even with clean hands) transfer to the brush materials and ultimately to the vinyl.
a separate short bristle brush like a hand/fingernail brush that's dedicated to the dry brushing of dust off other brushes used on records, like a discwasher or watts preener (neither used in a long time for me though they're better than nothing). discwasher actually provided a little short bristle brush with the disc kit for just that reason.
for the stylus, the d/w SC2 is the best for everyday record to record stylus hygiene (the smaller Last stylus brush is nearly as good with a smaller pad of bristles). periodic use of the dry magic eraser will make the diamond pristine every time (provided ~ weekly usage, unless some oily/greasy goo gets on it).
i can see washing a carbon fiber brush with reverse osmosis or distilled water and some very light hand soap with copious rinsing. the cf brush should never be used wet, it is too flexible when wet and would be quite ineffective.
another record hygiene tip that i believe discwasher used to advocate is NEVER to blow on your LPs as the bacteria in your saliva vapor can be deposited into the grooves where the vinyl can act as a culture medium.
i have had disagreements with others about this but i am very sure about it.
...regards...tr
I am a practicing microbiologist. I assure you bacteria are unable to metabolize anything that will not dissolve in water. Hence they are not capable of eating your vinyl.
...although they cannot eat the vinyl they are capable of growing a colony in the groove. And,I understand depending upon the species, one hard to remove.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
How do you account for bacteria that eat oil slicks and the like? Oil and water are immiscible.
This is a special case and oil is actually very slightly soluble in water. Also the bacteria which do this must be be "trained" to do so AND they are not going to be found in your saliva.
...when I think about a culture of antibiotic resistant bacteria festering in my record grooves! ;-)
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yeah, that's why i emphatically try to impress this on my unwilling friends. if you're blowing across a record to remove dust, why not just use the uncontaminating method of a carbon fiber brush.
like you, the thought of bacteria on my vinyl stopped me in my tracks from EVER blowing on my or anybody else's records.
...regards...tr
Yes, I have done this a couple of times over the years. I let the fibre tips soak for a bit in a some Disc Doctor Miracle record cleaner solution and then finish with a couple of purified water rinses and air dry.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
That's exactly the instructions posted here on the Vinyl Asylum, 18+ years ago.
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Nice! I have the Disc Doctor miracle cleaner. I'll use that and then do a rinse.
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