Any suggestions to clean old vinyls records?

Answer 1

Hi.There are two ways to clean a record. [1] Use a professional record cleaning machine- fairly expensive [2] Do it yourself with a few chemicals and brushes.If you do it yourself you will need

DISTILLED WATER.
DETERGENT
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
3 VELVET BRUSHES
PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH SPRAY NOZZLE.

It is a bit long to post here ,so if you are interested contact me for the instructions.

This is a legitimate cleaning system taken from an article of Australian HI FI Magazine,1984. "How to deep clean your Records".

Answer 2

Depends how bad they are and how they've been stored.
You can buy cleaning kits which use a solvent fluid to loosen the debris trapped within the grooves. Like this: http://www.retrovinyl.co.uk/recordcleaning.htm

Quite expensive for a lot of records tho'. Some say that a quick dip in the sink with a touch of washing-up liquid will work - not so sure about that.

For lightly dirty records, just play them through a number of times and clean the stylus every time. Get some anti-static inner sleeves as well as they prevent dust ingress in the first place...

Answer 3

They still sell record cleaning kits in stores such as Circuit City.
It comes with a brush,and a solution to put on your records to clean the records in a circular motion,never against the grooves,it will scratch them.
It is an alcohol based solution.
The kit sells for about 15.00.

Answer 4

Mild detergent and luke warm water works well, use a sponge to apply in a circular motion, stay away from the label,, use a lint free soft cloth, not paper towels or tissues, in a circular motion to dry.