Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty!

Posted by Fred J (A) on August 8, 2005 at 09:26:04

In Reply to: Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! posted by landshark74 on August 8, 2005 at 08:55:58:

By fluids that wouldn't hurt the machine, did you mean a solvent to remove the mastic that holds the lips ? or record cleaning solvent ?

No recognized record cleaning solvent I'm aware of could possibly hurt your NG RCM.
Presently I'm using RRL Super Vinyl Wash only, for the vast majority of my records, when I run into particularly greasy records
I also use RRL Deep and or Audio Intelligent, for Mould and mildew I use AI (Audio Intelligent) Enzyme solution.

Disc Doctor is also an excellent solvent, but it reqires rinsing RRL SVW doesn't.

I've found the best policy is to clean the records only as much as is needed, as most used Vinyl is basically just fouled
with dust and particles which are very easily dealt with, others with various films (cooking , smoking primarily)
Mold release, or Mould and Mildew need a more intensive cleaning.

I believe that cleaning beyond whats needed is counterproductive
and to one degree or another and even destructive partly by scrubbing which can score the groove and by removing (leeching out) some of the Vinyl constituents that provide a degree of lubrication, according to the RRL literature a Vinyl lubricant is one of the constituents of SVW, this aspect is conjectural as is a great deal of this stuff.

The more records you clean the better you'll become, and better your records will sound, the longer they and your styli will last.

If you spend some time in the VA Archive you'll find an incredible amount of RC opinions and expertise, my approach works for me, but others have methods and materials that work best for them.

There is even a school of thought that record cleaning is unecessary, which I find preposterous.

Regards FredJ

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Topic - Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 22:25:35 08/05/05 (17)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - LarryI 07:06:13 08/08/05 (0)

Not a fun job. - Dave Pogue 09:51:31 08/06/05 (3)

Re: Not a fun job. - KT88 12:41:51 08/06/05 (2)

10% elbow grease? - Dave Pogue 14:25:28 08/06/05 (1)

90% - KT88 10:16:54 08/07/05 (0)

Nitty Gritty parts - KT88 08:26:21 08/06/05 (0)

get disc doctor replacements for the lips - darkstar 06:39:18 08/06/05 (0)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 23:03:20 08/05/05 (9)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 08:55:58 08/08/05 (8)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 09:26:04 08/08/05 (7)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 09:43:16 08/08/05 (2)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 10:10:32 08/08/05 (1)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 10:37:41 08/08/05 (0)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 09:34:26 08/08/05 (3)

I used to have a Nitty Gritty FI model... - KT88 12:35:48 08/09/05 (1)

Re: I used to have a Nitty Gritty FI model... - landshark74 13:24:38 08/09/05 (0)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 10:14:36 08/08/05 (0)

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Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 09:26:04 08/08/05 (7)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 09:43:16 08/08/05 (2)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 10:10:32 08/08/05 (1)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 10:37:41 08/08/05 (0)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - landshark74 09:34:26 08/08/05 (3)

I used to have a Nitty Gritty FI model... - KT88 12:35:48 08/09/05 (1)

Re: I used to have a Nitty Gritty FI model... - landshark74 13:24:38 08/09/05 (0)

Re: Help with "new" Nitty Gritty! - Fred J 10:14:36 08/08/05 (0)

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