@phil0618
You're welcome. Happy listening!
You're welcome. Happy listening!
Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning
My Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic record cleaner arrived today and it’s impressive.
Everything I’d read indicated that ultrasonic was the way to go, and now I count myself among the believers. Everything is better - records are quieter, less ticks and pops, more detail etc.
All my records had been previously cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner and were well cared for. Nonetheless, the difference is obvious and overwhelmingly positive.
Phil
Everything I’d read indicated that ultrasonic was the way to go, and now I count myself among the believers. Everything is better - records are quieter, less ticks and pops, more detail etc.
All my records had been previously cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner and were well cared for. Nonetheless, the difference is obvious and overwhelmingly positive.
Phil
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It’s been a while since I looked hear. Glad to see the continuation of this thread! Here’s my current method. As you all may have noticed, I go in steps so I can evaluate things better. (1) Use Audio Intelligent (Down With Dirty) mixed at 1&1/2 oz per 16 oz of distilled water...spread onto a lp. Then steam off. Both sides. (2) The US bath.... Eight oz. of Versa-Clean, 1 & 1/2 tsp. of Photo-flo, to the 2 gallons of distilled water in my 6 quart tank. (40Hz) (3) 45 minute bath at 45C (4) Rinse at my sink with the sprayer with hot tap water. Then a final once over with a bottle of distilled water (5) Vacuum on my 16.5 after the lp is dried manually. Right now, I don’t think I need a 40:1 tank solution as I do the pre-steam method above. Time will tell. |
I don't have a Kirmuss US cleaner, I have an Isonic Motorized US Vinyl Cleaner. From the pictures that Kirmuss provides it appears that they are using an Isonic US system with their own top to hold the records. The Isonic Vinyl system is an excellent machine at a very reasonable cost in my opinion. I purchased my system on Amazon. Here is a link to the Amazon site and also the Isonic site. https://www.amazon.com/iSonic-P4875II-4T-MVR-Motorized-Ultrasonic/dp/B077HP494C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&a... http://www.isonicinc.com/motorized-ultrasonic-vinyl-record-cleaner The Isonic is an industrial grade ultrasonic cleaner. You can clean up to 5 albums at a time. There is plenty of space between your albums to allow for proper cavitation. There are other systems out there that have the albums so close together that I feel hinders the cleaning process. No way can the ultrasonic bubbles get to the vinyl surface for proper cleaning. You can heat the water during the cleaning process. If the Isonic has one flaw it is this. The lowest temp setting is 122 degrees, which is way too hot for vinyl. What I do is turn the heater on for about 10 minutes to warm the water before I start cleaning then turn the heater off when I start cleaning records. The water temp is about 85 to 90 degrees. The Isonic can be set anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes for cleaning cycles. That should be enough for most records. The unit is fairly quiet so it won't disrupt the family. I purchased my machine in February of this year and have cleaned over 500 record with the Isonic with excellent results. I think this is a well built and designed machine. I would highly recommend this machine. |
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