Wiping Vinyl Records

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Wiping vinyl records.

This will scratch and scuff the record and only move the dirt around. Let your record air dry for 30 minutes then repeat on the other side. Resist the temptation to wipe your vinyl record with your shirt or dry cloth no matter how soft it may feel. At this point in the process you ll want to be careful not to leave any new fingerprints.

Here is my tried and true method for liberating a record. Only handle the vinyl record by the edges or label. Wipe the record gently with a soft cloth to remove dust and dirt. Dilute the rubbing alcohol.

In this post we ll go over a number of factors that may determine the value of a particular. My rule of thumb is to never play an album until it has been sufficiently cleaned. For every one part of rubbing alcohol put three to four parts of water. Use a lint free cloth and wipe down the records to remove any dust or dirt from the top of the record.

Pour a few drops of vinyl cleaner onto a clean microfiber cloth and gently wipe around the record with it 2 3 times to spread the cleaner out along the grooves. Build or expand your collection with popular pre orders new releases and best selling vinyl. The vinyl factory vinyl factory manufacturing phonica records fact magazine fact tv spaces magazine vinyl space and the store x uses cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience enabling things like. Wipe down the records.

The vinyl factory group trading as. Store vinyl records properly to prevent future issues. Large pieces of dirt should be removed first to avoid damaging the record with small rocks or dirt. Use a rubbing alcohol that is around 70 percent alcohol.

Care and maintenance. Dry the record completely using a clean cloth different from the one that was used to wipe away the blemishes before getting ready to store it. Basic site functions ensuring secure safe transactions secure account login. Generally you should always wipe any dust and dirt away from your vinyl records from the moment you bring them home.

Establishing vinyl records value is an inexact science and there are a number of factors that go into determining whether a given record is something that will bring a lot of money from a collector or something that would best be used as a place mat. It just sounds better on vinyl.