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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Question about record cleaning.
- Message-ID: <184284@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:29:00 GMT
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- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- In article <1992Nov15.051849.27622@cs.mcgill.ca> narpet@cs.mcgill.ca (Greg WARD) writes:
- >I have a question that has probably plagued mankind for decades, and (I
- >fear) will become increasingly hard to answer: what's the best way to
- >clean my vinyl LP's? I've got a nice little anti-static brush that's
- >good for getting everyday dust off, but for those worse-off albums,
- >I don't have much.
-
- Warm but not hot water and DILUTE dish detergent works on really
- dirty grooves. Use one of those felt-based record cleaners with
- it.
-
- You can use tap water for the wash, but I'd recommend rinsing
- well with distilled.
-
- This shouldn't be necessary more than once in the life of a
- record if you take care of them.
-