|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
4.252.137.250
In Reply to: For a horrible moment there, I thought you meant... posted by DevillEars on December 14, 2005 at 13:00:46:
But I had the same thing happen to the felt mat on my LP12. That's what it is. It isn't the weather. Here in Minnesota I probably have the same weather you do, only opposite. Cold, dry periods and hot, humid weather. You need to cure the problem or you could potentially wipe out a stylus. I know, I've come close to doing that very thing. You don't need a Zerostat either. I've read about people who treat their records with this only to have it come right back at them. Why? You never removed the source of the problem. If you do a search I'm not the first to realize this. Some other guy a few years back said the very same thing.Records pressed by RTI are the worse offenders. You can really get some audible improvements once this stuff is off. I've cleaned records over and over (up to several times) to get it off (RTI). But it does come off with the right materials. Some probably work better than others. I have found Disc Doctor, RRL, not as good as other stuff out there to get this stuff off. It is a good test to make sure your records are clean though. When the felt doesn't stick your records are pretty clean. The felt itself isn't a problem.
Follow Ups:
Last Power cleaner (way too expensive for me !) Micro care Premier or the virtually identical less expensive Micro care Contact Cleaner
(The active solvent is DuPont Vertrel) works as good as Freon did
back when we still had an Ozone Layer ;-) the stuff evaporates incredibly fast so if you use it as directed you'll blow away an entire can on less than 20 or as few as 10 LP's easily, spray it on a cotton ball or bit of Microfiber cloth and immediately scoot it along the record surface then immediately do the otherside you'll need to dose the applicator again but not as much as the first shot, any of the crap still there will be easily eliminated with RRL Deep and the stylus and CF brushes in the next couple of plays.
I had one record that defied belief. I ripped the inner sleeve just trying to get it out, and no amount of scrubbing on the VPI or zapping with the Milty could stop the cling. It played fairly quietly, however.I think Devillears was making a joke that he misinterpreted your post to be about moldy (British sp., "mouldy") records releasing spores or something as the cause of the static charge.
Mold Release is the real deal ! and I'd be really indignant, angry
perhaps even bitter over the situation, if I hadn't scammed as many
used wonderful expensive Audiophile pressings so cheap because of the
intolerable mold release induced sonics the original owners foolishly
discarded when repeated normal cleanings and a Zerostat were of no avail !
so an opportunist like myself saves the $30 and ends up with a mint recording for $3 to $5 :-O
If you read some of the posts below you will find that the 200 gram records are causing the biggest problem. Who presses them? RTI that's who.A good solution to clean this off is Petsmart's Simple Solutions "Stain and Odor Remover". It may not be the best, but it's economical and doesn't evaporate on you. It really cleans the records well, with no damage to the vinyl. On RTI stuff I buy I sometimes have to clean several times to get it all off. I cut it 50/50 with distilled water. Please no dog jokes. It really works.
I looked at the Last stuff that is supposed to do this. They want too much money for it. Probably will evaporate on me anyways.
nt
the contents of my sand box with kitty litter.
Sand might scratch those valuable Tonka toys of yours. Kitty litter less so. Good thinking on your part.
Just when I thought I had heard everything :-)
Read some of your tweaks: superballs, hockey pucks
You'll buy anything won't you?
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: