Record cleaning - what's your method?

Phaneronic said:
Didn't mean to suggest that, just that I have no worries about continuing to use the sleeves they came in. My understanding is they add a sort of lubricant to the vinyl mixture so that they don't stick to the stampers at pressing. It's not wet or oily, I doubt any but the smallest trace amount would get on the inner, but it's still worth washing off the surface of the LP.
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you saved me about 15 more dollars
 
I've never adhered to the "must replace inner sleeve after cleaning" philosophy. I don't begrudge anyone who does, it just isn't for me. A pre-listen brush seems to take care of any little "re-contamination" that might have occurred from re-using a sleeve. Maybe if I had a higher-end system I would notice a difference?

OTOH, if the inner is visibly dirty - poly-lined or not - I'll replace it.
 
oldschoolkirby said:
I've never adhered to the "must replace inner sleeve after cleaning" philosophy. I don't begrudge anyone who does, it just isn't for me. A pre-listen brush seems to take care of any little "re-contamination" that might have occurred from re-using a sleeve. Maybe if I had a higher-end system I would notice a difference?

OTOH, if the inner is visibly dirty - poly-lined or not - I'll replace it.
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I actually do it more as a signal that I've cleaned the record so if I pull something older that I got before my RCM I know if it got a proper cleaning at any point.
 
duke86fan said:
one of my only real questions is if your record already came in a mofi or QRP inner sleeves... do you still have to put it in a new mofi or QRP inner sleeve.. just so i know for saving money
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I usually don't switch. Worst case I'll just use the vpi to reclean them again anyways. with the vpi it's to easy/quick to clean before play to not do it.
 
If you have a poly sleeve already provided but are worried about dust or crap in sleeve after cleaning. Open sleeve and give it a good hard blow inside.
That should do the job ! I dont replace any poly lined sleeve i get, just the paper ones. Really cant believe its going to make a jot of diff to future spins.
 
I'm thinking of switching back to TTVJ fluid since I've noticed the Phoenix fluid from Sleeve City leaves a white residue on spots where some droplets have been and that makes me nervous.

But question, what do you all store your TTVJ in. The Phoenix gallons come in an opaque gallon container that you would think would be easy enough to find something similar online but isn't.
 
ByersVinyl said:
If you have a poly sleeve already provided but are worried about dust or crap in sleeve after cleaning. Open sleeve and give it a good hard blow inside.
That should do the job ! I dont replace any poly lined sleeve i get, just the paper ones. Really cant believe its going to make a jot of diff to future spins.
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mcherry said:
But then spit/moisture from your mouth! 😫
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Have we forgotten about canned air?
 
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dbarila said:
I'm thinking of switching back to TTVJ fluid since I've noticed the Phoenix fluid from Sleeve City leaves a white residue on spots where some droplets have been and that makes me nervous.

But question, what do you all store your TTVJ in. The Phoenix gallons come in an opaque gallon container that you would think would be easy enough to find something similar online but isn't.
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Phaneronic said:
Have we forgotten about canned air?
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Canned air is more expensive than a new sleeve. I agree adding spit to a dirty sleeve doesn’t help things at all. The way I see it, the shipping sleeve prevents scratches while my replacement sleeve subsidizes the costs that would inevitably be higher if we demanded that manufacturers clean records before packing. The only possible compromise would be a manufacturer included extra, hygienic sleeve to be used once the record is cleaned.
 
debianlinux said:
Canned air is more expensive than a new sleeve. I agree adding spit to a dirty sleeve doesn’t help things at all. The way I see it, the shipping sleeve prevents scratches while my replacement sleeve subsidizes the costs that would inevitably be higher if we demanded that manufacturers clean records before packing. The only possible compromise would be a manufacturer included extra, hygienic sleeve to be used once the record is cleaned.
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You don't haveta use a whole can per sleeve. I wouldn't even think you'd have to use more than a squirt or two if we're really that worried about it how contact-dirty the sleeve it came in is.
 
debianlinux said:
Canned air is more expensive than a new sleeve. I agree adding spit to a dirty sleeve doesn’t help things at all. The way I see it, the shipping sleeve prevents scratches while my replacement sleeve subsidizes the costs that would inevitably be higher if we demanded that manufacturers clean records before packing. The only possible compromise would be a manufacturer included extra, hygienic sleeve to be used once the record is cleaned.
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i really dont think my quick blow into sleeve to remove a bit of dust is depositing much if any moisture - well iknow its not, I will carry on.
 
bought this little rack for 45s the other day, i think its from the 70s or 80s, hoping to use it as a drying rack after spin cleaning.

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A question...
Pretty much everybody replaces the inner sleeves after cleaning a record. I did so too after a friend with an RCM cleaned some of my records. However I do have a few records where I'd prefer to keep the original inner sleeve. Is it possible to clean the inner sleeve, and how would I do that?
 
papaharzi said:
A question...
Pretty much everybody replaces the inner sleeves after cleaning a record. I did so too after a friend with an RCM cleaned some of my records. However I do have a few records where I'd prefer to keep the original inner sleeve. Is it possible to clean the inner sleeve, and how would I do that?
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If I want to keep the original inner sleeve I just slide it into the sleeve next to the new inner sleeve. 95% of the time it fits no problem. If it doesn't I just keep it in the outer sleeve.
 
dbarila said:
If I want to keep the original inner sleeve I just slide it into the sleeve next to the new inner sleeve. 95% of the time it fits no problem. If it doesn't I just keep it in the outer sleeve.
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I actually did that already for 2 or 3 records, but I was thinking that maybe there might be a good way to clean and re-use inner-sleeves, so that I could get rid of the double inner-sleeves...

Thanks!
 
papaharzi said:
I actually did that already for 2 or 3 records, but I was thinking that maybe there might be a good way to clean and re-use inner-sleeves, so that I could get rid of the double inner-sleeves...

Thanks!
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Paper sleeves can damage records so I always replace them. If it's an older record with some sort of design on the inner, then I'll keep it. If it's just a plain paper inner, that goes in the recycling for me.
 
papaharzi said:
I actually did that already for 2 or 3 records, but I was thinking that maybe there might be a good way to clean and re-use inner-sleeves, so that I could get rid of the double inner-sleeves...

Thanks!
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The only way to clean it would probably be just blowing out the inside of it with canned air or something which wouldn’t be very effective. Other than that just either slip the new sleeve inside the old or keep the old sleeve separate from the new one.
 
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