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Also great at dissolving pen ink!
"Before we get to that, though, allow me to remove a few myths. There are certain things that you should most definitely avoid when cleaning vinyl. The most contentious of the lot and one that will have a few readers and some hi-fi journalists up in arms is pure, isopropyl alcohol (as opposed to the remnants of your last vodka and tonic). This stuff can be disastrous for vinyl. The problem is, it also lies within many commercial record cleaning products, so look carefully at the ingredients before you use them. Pure alcohol strips away much of the rubbish and gunge from grooves – which is great – but it also removes the protective coating that rests on the groove walls/floor. I don’t mean the oft talked about ‘release agent’ that a record pressing plant utilises and is often left to bung up vinyl grooves, either. Once that essential protective layer is gone, music sounds harsh and brittle. I’ve done a series of sound tests to prove this phenomenon. Initially, alcohol-cleaned records sound great. After the third or fourth clean, they sound terrible. By then, though, it’s too late and your record has been irretrievably scarred."
http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/8-easy-and-affordable-ways-to-clean-your-vinyl-records-by-hand/Takes ages but works really well. But after a while, I realised I needed a quicker approach. So will get a machine and do them all over a few weeks.
AllBrick said: Haha, true, Lego won't lose sound quality. Just didn't want you damaging some priceless vinyl :wink:
Iso also doesn't remove the printing, which is reassuring to know - although I tested it on a windscreen piece that didn't really need any Res-Q branding on it...
I have his Powerpill - Pacman release on yellow vinyl! Also doesn't show scratches up as much in that colour :smile:
(found for a pound as well, but this ain't the brag thread...)