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Using Homemade Record Cleaning Solutions
Can’t find record cleaning supplies in your area? Don’t want to spend money? Then try using some household items instead. Use Isopropyl 90% alcohol or higher. Do NOT use rubbing alcohol or witch hazel as they contain additives that can harm your records. Dishwashing liquid without any moisturizers work well such as Joy or Dawn. It cleans dirty records well, but you have to avoid getting it on the label and rinsing all of it off quickly. Try not to get the label wet. If it does get wet then blot it dry immediately. Do NOT rub it. Try not to use tap water to clean your records. Instead use distilled water, which can be easily found in your supermarket or drugstore. The real trick is to properly rinse all this stuff off your vinyl records and get them dry without scratching them.

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Soap and water works best.
Try to keep from immersing the label. Fill a pan of water with only a few inches of water and soap.

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You got a nice idea KB…..Using Dawn to clean is very positive I’m happy with the results….thanks

The best way is to get your hands on a machine built by a company called VPI. It lays down a film of soapy water, runs some velvet thru the grooves, then sucks it back out with a vacuum and dries it all in one shot.

If you are doing the cleaning in preparation for transfer, and the record is totally shot, you have a couple last ditch efforts. One is wet play. Continually misting the record with a film of water as you record it will cut down the noise that one time, but will make the record noisier when played again.

The other trick is half-speed mastering. To do it, you need a reel-to-reel tape deck with 3¾ and 7½ tape speeds, and a turntable that can play 16â…” RPM. If your record is so badly scratched that it’s almost unusable, you can wet play it at 16â…” and tape it at 3¾ on the tape deck. When played back at 7½ speed, all the clicks, pops and other garbage get shifted up into the supersonic frequencies, and for all intents and purposes, disappear. From there you can dump it to a DAT, laptop, standalone CD burner, or whatever. Hope this helps!

Great information! I have over 300 vinyls that have been sitting in boxes for over 10 years now, I’m afraid to even open a box and see the damage :(

Soap and water is all you need. A dishwashing soap such as Dawn or Palmolive works well. Rinse with running water under the tap, room temperature water – too hot or cold could warp the record. Let it air dry; any residual soap helps lubricate the grooves. Try to keep the label dry. I use a rod in the center hole to spin the record as I wash and rinse.

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The closer you can get to a water-only cleaning solution the better. Use only distilled water, or at least purified water. As for anything else, stick with alcohol (small amounts) and I use a good fabric softener, a few drops in a gallon. You are trying to reduce or eliminate the static charge without leaving a buildup on the vinyl. While I have used plain warm tap water and some dishwashing liquid (Dawn?) I found the best process was using an ultrasonic bath, with the above solution. Run it for about 20 minutes, twirling the platter slowly to cover all areas evenly. Try it first with an old LP that you don’t want to keep. If the time is too long, causing damage to the grooves, cut the time back some. (I’ve never had this happen, though) On my unit 20 minutes did an excellent job. I used lint-free paper towels to blot them dry and let them finish drying by air. Then I played them completely, both sides, checking for sound and overall quality. All you need to do is remove the old pressing release oil which was left on the surfaces when they were new, and any dust, lint or other accumulations. This method made a world of difference in my old 60’s LP’s when I played them before and after cleaning. Obviously, many nicks and scratches are not going to just go away, especially skips and hangs. But the overall sound and background will be greatly improved. Plus, it will not leave any residue, which is very important. I have sold many LP’s this way on the Bay. The ones that I didn’t treat this way gave me problems, until I finally learned. You will need an ultrasonic tank large enough to set the LP down at least half way into the solution, but do not cover the label. You can find decent used ultrasonic cleaners on the bay for under $100. You can easily pay upwards of $500 for special cleaning machines that won’t do as good a job as this simple method. As for brushes, again, you are contacting the vinyl surface with a foriegn object and very likely to do more damage. Static builds up on vinyl VERY quickly and easily. Static then attracts more dirt. Above all, remember that you will probably not be able to get ALL the dirt off, nor return it to it’s original factory condition. The best you can hope for is a disc that is a whole lot cleaner and sounds a whole lot better. I have discs I cleaned up and recorded to my hard drive that almost sound like a CD. Notice I said almost.

PS I just now read some of the post’s about wetplaying. This is a very tricky procedure. AS noted, it’s only good for one time use. The water in the grooves turns to steam and blasts’s the grooves, causing much damage. Personally, I would stay away from that one. The biggest advantage of the special cleaning machine is probably time saved. My method takes a finite amount of time, with the cleaning and drying and playing. You want to make sure that you play that record all the way through, if you are going to say that it is in mint or near mint condition. I thought that my old records were all in mint condition, until a buyer informed me that they were not. Mine had been boxed up and stored here and there for more than 10 years, plus my teenagers had ‘discovered’ them and had no idea how to properly play them. The records were not only dirty, but sratched and some skipped badly, to the point that some were not saleable. By playing them completely I was able to note where skips were, and included that in my descriptions. Some people only want them for the covers and the artwork. AFter 10 years plus many of the covers had deteriorated, too. You will want to note all of this in your description. I have a list of the accepted conditions for vinyl records, if anyone is interested. I can post it on here.