Sigma
02-06-2012, 09:14 PM
I've been getting back into buying vinyl recently and I bought a few old records that looked in mint condition, but they sounded very crackly/clicky cos of dust and other crap that had got into the groove over the years. I've tried various different cleaning methods with varying levels of success, but I found a product online called Record Revirginizer and decided to give it a go. It was designed by an Australian vinyl enthusiast and was featured on a TV show called "The New Inventors": -
http://i.imgur.com/zsZyC.jpg
Some of you may have seen the wood glue method for cleaning records and this works in the same way to that, except the product is actually designed for cleaning vinyl and is much easier to apply.
The liquid is a bit like shower gel and even smells a bit like soap. What you do is pour some out on your vinyl, then massage it into the groove with your finger tips, making sure you cover the entire side as evenly as you can. After a few hours it dries and turns into a kind of latex-type material, then you peel it off in one go and it takes all the dust/crap with it. I found the best way to apply it is to put the record on your turntable, then pour the Revirginizer onto it while spinning the platter manually with your hand. The first time I used it I put WAY too much on and it took about 15 hours to dry, but the second time I put much less on and it was dry in 3-4 hours.
Pros: -
Does a great job of restoring vinyl and is far superior to using a carbon fibre brush
Is non-toxic and smells like soap
Leaves no residue whatsoever on your records
Cons: -
Expensive if you have lots of vinyl to clean
Small learning curve in getting used to how much to apply
Takes several hours to dry
This stuff isn't going to fix up scratched records or anything like that, but if you have records with a lot of dirt/dust in the groove, mould on the vinyl surface, or if something has been spilled on the record, then I'd give this stuff two thumbs up.
http://recordrevirginizer.com
And no, this isn't spam. I have no affiliation to this product whatsoever. I bought some for the first time last week and thought I'd mention it as there's a few vinyl heads on here.
http://i.imgur.com/zsZyC.jpg
Some of you may have seen the wood glue method for cleaning records and this works in the same way to that, except the product is actually designed for cleaning vinyl and is much easier to apply.
The liquid is a bit like shower gel and even smells a bit like soap. What you do is pour some out on your vinyl, then massage it into the groove with your finger tips, making sure you cover the entire side as evenly as you can. After a few hours it dries and turns into a kind of latex-type material, then you peel it off in one go and it takes all the dust/crap with it. I found the best way to apply it is to put the record on your turntable, then pour the Revirginizer onto it while spinning the platter manually with your hand. The first time I used it I put WAY too much on and it took about 15 hours to dry, but the second time I put much less on and it was dry in 3-4 hours.
Pros: -
Does a great job of restoring vinyl and is far superior to using a carbon fibre brush
Is non-toxic and smells like soap
Leaves no residue whatsoever on your records
Cons: -
Expensive if you have lots of vinyl to clean
Small learning curve in getting used to how much to apply
Takes several hours to dry
This stuff isn't going to fix up scratched records or anything like that, but if you have records with a lot of dirt/dust in the groove, mould on the vinyl surface, or if something has been spilled on the record, then I'd give this stuff two thumbs up.
http://recordrevirginizer.com
And no, this isn't spam. I have no affiliation to this product whatsoever. I bought some for the first time last week and thought I'd mention it as there's a few vinyl heads on here.