Re: (idm) Cleaning Vinyl

From Irene McC
Sent Sat, Apr 11th 1998, 13:00

On 11 Apr 98, -wheeler- wrote re: (idm) Cleaning Vinyl:

> what do people recomend for effectively and undamagingly cleaning 
> records? That includes any substances and materials. 

Sunlight Liquid (that's a pure soap-ish liquid detergent used here
in South Africa for doing the dishes... don't know about elsewhere!) 
on a soft cloth and *tepid* water.  NOT HOT !!!  :-)

If there's a lot of static on the album and it's old and scratched, 
you can actually play it wet - ie. cover in water with a little 
'wetting agent' (the above liquid detergent works wonders to make 
the water spread evenly and stop bolbs and puddles forming).

If you live in a hard water area, use pre-boiled water from your 
kettle (make sure it's not hot) to avoid calcium build-up.

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