Rinsing records

Mike Kozak
Mike Kozak Posts: 931
edited November 2012 in The Clubhouse
I have a bunch of record my dad gave me, some are very dusty, I have been rinsing them offwith water and they seem to sound great, am I doing any damage this way? I remember the old discleener system and used to have it but thought this might be a good alternative?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,277
    edited November 2012
    Here is a whole thread with a ton of suggestions

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?101122-Vinyl-Snap-Crackle-amp-Pop-Issues-and-Solutions!&highlight=cleaning+records
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited November 2012
    Along as you are not getting the label wet but there are better ways to clean your records. If rinsing with water, distilled water would be better than tap.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited November 2012
    Damage? Not really, I guess. The only concern I'd have is if you used tap water and let it dry on the surface, the flouride/chlorine/etc wouldn't do the record any good. If that's what you're doing to clean them I'd use distilled water.

    Not real sure how effective rinsing is, though. Better then nothing, I suppose, but if you picked up a dry brush like Mobile Fidelity's or a Hunt Carbon brush I think it would be much better at getting dust off.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2012
    Or invest $80.00 in the Spin Clean record cleaner. Works Great as a way to get the major gunk off prior to using my VPI vacuum cleaner.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited November 2012
    Yea I really works!
    I bought one of those Spin Clean record cleaners and I was amazed how such a simple appliance could clean my records. I was buying a lot of used records cleaning them at the sink with mild soap and soft sponge then drying them and finishing with a discwasher cleaner. I took those and cleaned them again with this device and got a lot of particles in the bottom of the tray and the record surface noise was a lot less.:razz:
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