Build Your Own Vinyl Record Cleaner

Ingredients like tergitol or photo flow wetting agent will certainly make a difference but we decided to focus on every day ingredients that can be easily purchased at your local pharmacy or grocery store.

Build your own vinyl record cleaner.

My diy vinyl record cleaning recipe uses a handcrafted diy vinyl cleaning solution which works great. On a spindle you put 5 8 records in 1 go and 10 15 minutes in the cleaner will make your vinyl pristine. To clean a record. Mike huguenor updated september 15 2017.

It s not on the record long enough to do any damage. Homemade liquid vinyl record cleaner recipe. Again vinyl s pretty tough. How to clean record albums.

With some strips of aluminium you make a simple frame on top of it that holds a disco ball motor that slowly rotates. How to clean the records properly there are many ways around in the internet. Gently wipe in a circular motion in the direction of the grooves to remove surface dust and dry with a soft cotton cloth. Make your own cleaning solution.

Finish with a home made loricraft monk type vacuum. Create record create record. There s lots of warnings by people online that the alcohol will destroy the vinyl but it isn t true. Get a medium mixing bowl and combine three parts distilled water one part isopropyl alcohol and a few drops of dish detergent or dishwasher fluid.

Mike huguenor updated september 15 2017. Learn more despite the trend toward all music going digital vinyl records still remain relevant and in demand. Excuse my english after i found back to the sound of good old vinyl i had the problem every record aficionado has. It may be time to clean your vinyl record if the surface is visibly dirty or the needle on your record player starts skipping more than usual.

Then use one of the following to make a record cleaning solution. For around 150 you get a 10 liter ultrasonic cleaner from ebay. Note the tank is pre made so really i am j. I do a bi directional rotation of the disc on my cleaning machine ending with the machine being shut off and the disc being slowly rotated to an end.

Start by dampening a cloth with water. Make your own professional record cleaning machine for less than 80 and save up to 3000 and more. A rough and maybe not entirely accurate guide to building your own ultrasonic vinyl record cleaner on a budget. You ll find your own method for the machine but i did place a few felt pads on the top corners of my machine to protect the disc should it slip out of my hands while i m working with the machine.

Cheaper ways like the knosti or the discofilm but also. While a great many homebrew record cleaning fluid recipes exist we decided to keep it simple. Photo by michael vanevenhoven.