gibsonfan159 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Went through my collection a couple days ago, here's what I did: Got six gallons of distilled water, poured three in one sink, three in the other. Put exactly one drop of dish soap in one side. Put record on paper towel, poured some isopropyl alcohol on top side and cleaned with a paint edger brush thoroughly. Going around the record about twelve times. Repeat other side (paper towel soaks up excess alcohol). Dip in soap water first, then the clean water, very quickly as not to soak center label. Dry thoroughly with paper towels. Even the dirtiest records now play like new. I tried the wood glue method and was very disappointed. Not only does it take forever, the glue sometimes gets stuck in the grooves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipper Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 55 minutes ago, gibsonfan159 said: Went through my collection a couple days ago, here's what I did: Got six gallons of distilled water, poured three in one sink, three in the other. Put exactly one drop of dish soap in one side. Put record on paper towel, poured some isopropyl alcohol on top side and cleaned with a paint edger brush thoroughly. Going around the record about twelve times. Repeat other side (paper towel soaks up excess alcohol). Dip in soap water first, then the clean water, very quickly as not to soak center label. Dry thoroughly with paper towels. Even the dirtiest records now play like new. I tried the wood glue method and was very disappointed. Not only does it take forever, the glue sometimes gets stuck in the grooves. good but NEVER use a paper towel, use a lint free cloth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 8 hours ago, kipper said: good but NEVER use a paper towel, use a lint free cloth Is it because of scratching or lint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 55 minutes ago, gibsonfan159 said: Is it because of scratching or lint? Both, unbelievable that anyone would suggest using paper towel, no, no, no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 hour ago, JTM said: Both, unbelievable that anyone would suggest using paper towel, no, no, no.... Eh, worked great for mine. I only used them for drying, not cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipper Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 3 hours ago, gibsonfan159 said: Eh, worked great for mine. I only used them for drying, not cleaning. papertowels are basically made out of scrap paper and rags they are full of lint and garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 25 minutes ago, kipper said: papertowels are basically made out of scrap paper and rags they are full of lint and garbage Noted, never thought about that. I'll just use them on my Tull records from now on lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipper Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 4 hours ago, gibsonfan159 said: Noted, never thought about that. I'll just use them on my Tull records from now on lol. No not the prog-rock, use them on the punk rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Aren't paper record sleeves garbage? Aren't they bad for your vinyls? Don't they scratch them more? Was thinking about replacing some of my albums with paper record sleeves with plastic record sleeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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