Cleaners that touch the LP can cause damage by flattening the lands, the delicate area that separates the grooves, distorting the information locked in the grooves. Dirty / crusty
pickup tubes will damage the lands. The inrush of air developed by a vacuum cleaner can dry an amount of the cleaning agent before it is removed leaving a residue behind.
My system uses a simple device that cleans the record without touching it. This is a form of hydraulic cleaning. The LP is mounted on a rotating mandrel. Protective label covers repel the water. The Super Solution agent is applied to the LP surface to loosen the contaminants.
A jet of water from an orifice is applied to the groves at a angle that flushes away the debris. A Culligan RV 800 filter can be used where water quality is poor. |