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In Reply to: Re: " The carbon fiber brush is just not measuring up. Am I missing something? " ...NO..they're ******* useless.. posted by Fred J on December 14, 2005 at 06:12:05:
So (somehow) a C-F brush traversing a contaminated LP 'can't' pick up contamination.Maybe that makes sense - as it can't pick up the dust either!!!!!!
Of course, any True Audiophile would be aware of the virtue of 'de-contamination' - and would clean the velvet pads...
Anyway, I thought these C-F cleaners (some of..) had a velvet pad in-between..
Go Figure.. ;~0
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" Anyway, I thought these C-F cleaners (some of..) had a velvet pad in-between "They do, and it's a dubious feature at best
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Frnk Now you've resorted to Chaucer ;-)
I've not been using it for years, but after five months or so I can report that it works very well. Even after picking up an album at an out-of-town store, that was RCM cleaned just before I paid for it, the Milty pulled "microdust" up and out of the grooves when I got it home. It also pulled this fine stuff out of the handful of (new, sealed) Classic reissue records I've purchased.I've only used it on a couple of hundred LPs, but I can also report that the "red side" does a very good job of pulling out larger particles that can evade wet cleaning. The "black side" of the brush takes care of the finer stuff. It can produce a quiet surface with no chemicals, no mess, no noise.
Best regards,
Jim
How do you pick up the line of dust at the end of the sweep?
Adding to Frank's response...For the 'microdust' sometimes for me it just takes a quick little
uwards twist of the brush, parallel to and away from the LP at the end of the 'stroke." The 'black side' of the brush is so fine that this stuff is often pulled right into it. I tend to brush about 1/3 of the LP at a time, and sometimes at the end of the 'stroke' I'll change the brushing angle and sweep it off onto the floor. Sometimes I'll use a LAST brush, moistened with the regular LAST cleaner, and that will pick it up, too.For bigger stuff that doesn't respond to the 'black side' of the brush I'll sometimes use the 'red side' tangentially and that really pulls "boulders" out of the grooves. It's amazing what comes out of there sometimes.
For bigger stuff, blowing if off often works. Once the LP is clean it's clean, as with any other method.
I keep an AQ carbon fibre brush nearby, and sometimes use it when I find the brushed or blown-off dust flying off the LP surface--but then straight back up onto the other side of the LP (static!).
I keep the Milty clean by using a LAST brush on it, gently.
Jim
Two methods (+ any that Jim has thought up..)
1 (depending on the room temperature/humidity) a short 'breath' on the pad will provide sufficient 'moisture' to lift the dust-line.2 as they're so cheap..get two and you could put an 'atomised' spray of moisture on one - and then 'buff' them together - so, that method (for the fastidious)...
Also having two pad/brushes makes it easy to 'knock' the dust off.
Great (Quaint British) Product.
You would'nt be disappointed..
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