$8 - used steam cleaner: Turbo Master220
(from Salvation Army)
$19 - used record player/changer
(circa 60's from antigue store)
$7 - crevice adapter for vacuum cleaner
(from a vaccuum store)
$4 - small square of black velvet (from fabric store)
$8 - micro fibre cloths
$10 - record cleaning brush
total approximately $60USD - YMMV
household items on hand: dremmel tool, scissors, glue, vaccuum cleaner, needle/thread or sewing machine, duct tape, hammer.
I think I overspent on the record player, but it is heavy duty, made of steel. Any turntable will do, the point being you need a platform on which to spin the records. If it actually works, then great- you won't have to 'spin' records by hand.
Use dremmel tool to cut a narrow slit, approximately 4" long, centered, along length of vaccuum cleaner crevice adapter. Seal end of adapter; cut two lengths of velvet fabric about 5" long, .75" wide. Sew fabric into a tube, inside out, pull tube inside out. Glue to vaccuum adapter along edges of slit.
The duct tape and hammer are not really neccessary; however, as every home DIY'er knows, all projects eventually need these two critcal tools!
To clean records:
1. Steam clean, (using distilled water), wipe off excess. vaccuum
2. Clean with solution and brush. vaccuum
3. Repeat as neccesary
Solution I use is three drops PhotoFlo 200 solution, 250ml distlled water. PhotoFlo is a photgraphic negative cleaning solution, and can be found at better photo supply shops.
Yep, it's a manual procedure but cheap almost always requires elbow grease:
Light/Strong/Cheap = pick two...
system is completely manual.
(from Salvation Army)
$19 - used record player/changer
(circa 60's from antigue store)
$7 - crevice adapter for vacuum cleaner
(from a vaccuum store)
$4 - small square of black velvet (from fabric store)
$8 - micro fibre cloths
$10 - record cleaning brush
total approximately $60USD - YMMV
household items on hand: dremmel tool, scissors, glue, vaccuum cleaner, needle/thread or sewing machine, duct tape, hammer.
I think I overspent on the record player, but it is heavy duty, made of steel. Any turntable will do, the point being you need a platform on which to spin the records. If it actually works, then great- you won't have to 'spin' records by hand.
Use dremmel tool to cut a narrow slit, approximately 4" long, centered, along length of vaccuum cleaner crevice adapter. Seal end of adapter; cut two lengths of velvet fabric about 5" long, .75" wide. Sew fabric into a tube, inside out, pull tube inside out. Glue to vaccuum adapter along edges of slit.
The duct tape and hammer are not really neccessary; however, as every home DIY'er knows, all projects eventually need these two critcal tools!
To clean records:
1. Steam clean, (using distilled water), wipe off excess. vaccuum
2. Clean with solution and brush. vaccuum
3. Repeat as neccesary
Solution I use is three drops PhotoFlo 200 solution, 250ml distlled water. PhotoFlo is a photgraphic negative cleaning solution, and can be found at better photo supply shops.
Yep, it's a manual procedure but cheap almost always requires elbow grease:
Light/Strong/Cheap = pick two...
system is completely manual.