Vinyl Cleaning Methods - How do you clean your vinyl?

[3dbinCanada]

I buy a lot of used album. Albums that I purchased new won't have to go into the spin clean as I took care of them. I cleaned 20+ albums this afternoon

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[GrossBaus]

I like to put my records into the spin clean, and afterwards put them into an anti-static HDPE sleeve so it stays clean.

https://groove-guardian.com/ has really good inner and outer sleeves, I got a 50 pack of both from them and they're amazing.

 

[Gerry Iaria]

I like to put my records into the spin clean, and afterwards put them into an anti-static HDPE sleeve so it stays clean.

https://groove-guardian.com/ has really good inner and outer sleeves, I got a 50 pack of both from them and they're amazing.

As I don't have a record deck, does that improve the sound as well?

 

[ChristopherP]

I buy a lot of used album. Albums that I purchased new won't have to go into the spin clean as I took care of them. I cleaned 20+ albums this afternoon

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Hi, Spin clean works, no doubt. Earlier posts in this thread suggest using two. A wash and a rinse. This is a major improvement over the single tank system. It turns out adding a used ancient and cheap Nitty gritty for a final vacuum of the rinse fluid is also a major improvement again. It takes a few minutes more, but allows inspection of the record and improves drying, while removing small particles. My record surface noise was markedly reduced. Highly recommended, incremental, and low cost solution. YMMV

 

[austinblackboxspace]

I like to put my records into the spin clean, and afterwards put them into an anti-static HDPE sleeve so it stays clean.

https://groove-guardian.com/ has really good inner and outer sleeves, I got a 50 pack of both from them and they're amazing.

we have utilized the nitty gritty lp cleaner machines for decades. i utilized discwasher VRP sleeves starting in elementary school. we now utilize big fudge and resealable sleeves from japan.