How do you clean vinyl?

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I recently obtained a collection of old records that had been in storage since the Reagan administration. They are really dusty and I am afraid to clean them. I don't know what chemicals to use (if any) and I don't want to scratch them with a dirty rag. Does anyone know what is the best way to claen vynil records?

― Jeremy Stone, Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:20 (twenty-two years ago)

get in the shower and use shampoo (designed to rinse free easily from your hair). then put them to drip dry in one of those plate drying racks.

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

This begs the question: does one need to be naked to properly clean records?

― Bimble (bimble), Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:37 (twenty-two years ago)

it works for me

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:40 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JCC1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Check here and here. I use this (~?40 new), very basic, very good. You may find it a bit laborious (meditative sounds better), but it's worth the effort. Put on some nice tunes while you're turning your vinyl. The cleaning mixture will last for about 150 records (it's reusable). You can make your own mixture, it contains pure alcohol, distilled water and a few drops of chemical soap.

xpost: or try to find a woman like that...

― willem (willem), Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:44 (twenty-two years ago)

get in the shower and use shampoo (designed to rinse free easily from your hair). then put them to drip dry in one of those plate drying racks.

Okay, I admit it, I don't expect to read anything this funny here for quite some time.

― Bimble (bimble), Saturday, 7 August 2004 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't actually think that was a joke. I remember reading hifi mags saying more or less the same - that you could buy expensive solutions but that a weak detergent mix would do.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 7 August 2004 11:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Use lighter fluid and a cloth - that's what 'dealers' go with.

― Lazza, Saturday, 7 August 2004 12:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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