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In Reply to: Clumping... posted by tketcham on September 9, 2006 at 08:03:26:
but it also sounds like more tediousness on top of a labor intensive process already. But I will try it if the stiffer bristle brushes dont work out for me. ~ All suggestions get filed.Also, don't you have a lot more liquid to vacuum up? You must have a pretty drippy record. I get a lot of the fluid off in my vacuuming. The record has to air dry for several minutes. I will have to try it and see.
I do 10 records at a time. it takes me up to two hours to complete the process because I give 'em time after the sink bath that I don;t have to wipe them dry on one side so I don't foul the pad I use on the manual RCM. I'm getting streamlined but oofah. I am too exact, that's the problem. I can clean the ehll out of a record. Now soldering a PCB, I am a piker in that regard.
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and that's why they work so well. I use the KAB EV-1 with an Electrolux canister vacuum and give the record 5 full turns for the final vacuuming. Gets it nice and dry and I haven't had a static problem.
No static problem here either-I have my KAB/cleaning station set up in the basement where humidity is never less than 40-45%. And your Electrolux is a good machine. I use my KAB with a Filter Queen. Every once in a while I read a post here from someone with a KAB that is not happy with the results and I can't help but think they are using a piece of crap vac with it. Hook up a decent vac to the KAB and, as far as I'm concerned, you're beyond Nitty Gritty/VPI/Clearaudio type machines in performance, probably somewhere between them and Monks/Loricraft land. The EV1, although it is simple and perhaps even overpriced for what it is as a manufactured piece, is truly a bargain when compared with any of the commercial RCM's.
Tom
i need to break down and buy that one. or find a gd-damned DD table.
I could have put that $75 into a KAB EV-1 from the beginning. Expensive lesson learned. It's not that the Orbitrac doesn't work, it's that it's a ripoff for replacement parts and fluids. Allsop gets you hooked on the $40 starter set and then you end up getting reamed with their "refill" parts. I tried the DIY parts and fluids thing for about a week and then Henry and others kicked me in the head hard enough for me to snap out of the Orbitrac stupor and get myself a true RCM. It's not "cheap", but it's a good bargain in the long run.
those refills and pads. I think I will get the DD table, Henry is right about them being good for something! [grin], instead of the KAB because 1. I am a hardhead, 2. I think hand applying the vacuum works good for me.The pads that come with the Orbidrac and the little spray bottles are a keeper. Those are usefull. Even that little tiny brush which i use to clean my Hunt brush. The enclosure can hold the AQ or Deram brush etc, so all is not a loss.
Tom
it has audiophile cache.
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