Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience

Posted by Dave B (A) on March 23, 2018 at 10:48:13

I purchased the Cleaner Vinyl One & Two + Dryer, along with the separately purchased but strongly suggested specific 6 liter ultrasonic tank. Total invested initially was about $550.00.

Previously, I had been using a VPI 16.5 with cleaning fluids, to clean my records. It did ok but I was often disappointed in the lack of results.

I set up the tank near a sink and used the suggested recipe/process but I separately bought the $20.00-ish bottle of Tergikleen as the surfactant. This is a blend of 2 Tergitols and use 2 drops of it, in 6 liters of distilled water. Experimented with the process and settled on 35*C for the 15 min ultrasonics in the distilled water/Tergikleen bath. Drain and change to a 5% Isopropanol mix in distilled water (I used 91% Isopropyl Alcohol in Quart bottles) for the rinse. 5 - 10 mins of rotating through it and I dry the records with a really clean, absorbent microfiber towel and air dry using the fan attachment.

(Note: I'm still using the same batches of cleaner and rinse fluids. I've not noticed any reason yet, to change them out.)

I don't have hard data on the noise/click/pop reduction but it is really significant, if your records are loaded with 40 - 50 yrs of dirt, like some of mine were. And keep in mind, these LP's were already cleaned multiple times in the VPI. I did my worst records first, some I've had since the late 60's. These were the most dramatic.

The vinyl comes out from the drying cycle looking pristine again. Of course, it goes without saying that this process will not repair damaged records, that would be silly. So, it is not capable of eliminating all noise... but, it took unlistenable records I had and made them enjoyable again! If you do have embedded dirt down in the grooves, it will come out. I did a few records twice, just to see if there was any further improvement possible and I'm happy to report that at least in one case, there was. Not as dramatic as the 1st pass but still noticeable.

I was so impressed with these results, I additionally purchased the Pro version from Cleaner Vinyl, for an additional $300.00 and some, which allows up to 12 LP's to be simultaneously cleaned... much more efficient when doing batch cleaning. The One & Two version are still useful for when only 1 or 2 records need cleaning.

I've experienced no negative effects on my records from using this process and I've now cleaned about 50 records.

Just wanted to pass this along, in case any of you were curious about this and thinking about switching over to ultrasonic cleaning.

I have no affiliation with Cleaner Vinyl and purchased everything I mentioned above with my own funds.

Very impressed! I did a search and it looks like at least one other inmate posted last year, is using this system. Let's hear about your experiences!

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Topic - Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - Dave B 10:48:13 03/23/18 (16)

RE: Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - tnewell 08:50:42 03/25/18 (3)

RE: Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - Dave B 18:07:10 03/25/18 (0)

RE: Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - Jack D II 10:14:47 03/25/18 (1)

Amazon sells 100ml of Triton X100 and 100ml of Tergitol. They - alaskahiatt 10:43:45 03/25/18 (0)

Thanks for your experiences with timing and the differences between - alaskahiatt 19:48:37 03/23/18 (0)

You can produce this yourself for very little outlay - Daveslater 15:46:17 03/23/18 (1)

Thanks for the link Dave! nt. - dee eye why 09:38:55 03/24/18 (0)

RE: Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - Eflatminor 11:09:05 03/23/18 (8)

From a friend's bad experiences with three KL Audio machines, - alaskahiatt 19:52:43 03/23/18 (1)

RE: From a friend's bad experiences with three KL Audio machines, - Monchi 09:00:50 03/26/18 (0)

RE: Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - sleeper 19:41:01 03/23/18 (0)

RE: Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic cleaning experience - PAR 17:48:40 03/23/18 (4)

Part of it is due to the contact-less drying on the KL - jeromelang 20:20:50 03/23/18 (3)

RE: Part of it is due to the contact-less drying on the KL - Dave B 04:58:18 03/24/18 (2)

Try to figure out how you can dry your records in under 5mins - jeromelang 07:28:51 03/24/18 (1)

RE: Try to figure out how you can dry your records in under 5mins - Dave B 19:01:11 03/24/18 (0)

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