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Offline Grainger49

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Reply #30 on: August 31, 2012, 01:44:40 AM
This is an often told story.  It comes from the UK, same as the Cecil E. Watts record cleaning devices of the 70s.  I always found it interesting that the same place that started many of the record cleaning methods also fathered this philosophy. 

What we heard/learned in the 70s was that if you play a dirty LP you run the risk of driving the dirt into the groove.  It can either permanently drive dirt into the vinyl or deform the vinyl so it sounds like the dirt is still there even if you clean it.



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Reply #31 on: January 27, 2013, 07:44:21 AM
Since it is winter this is appropriate.  My room is a little under 3,000 cubic feet.  This 1Gal. humidifier runs 24/7 when I am not listening.  I don't have a static problem.  Relative Humidity is controlled to 50%.

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Reply #32 on: February 07, 2013, 04:19:42 PM
has anyone tried one of these yet? I am thinking of getting one to fix quite a few old records of mine
http://vinylflat.com/vinylflatproducts.html

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Reply #33 on: February 07, 2013, 06:20:20 PM
seems like I recall folks did that in the olden days with an oven and two sheets of glass

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Reply #34 on: February 07, 2013, 10:54:55 PM
seems like I recall folks did that in the olden days with an oven and two sheets of glass

+1, and more recently too!  It is more risky with the above method.



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Reply #35 on: February 11, 2013, 04:39:59 AM
Coltrane,

I have not seen this one, but a friend has a very fancy, record flattener that has it's own heating elements and sophisticated time/temperature controller to gradually ramp the heat up and down and takes about 8 hours to go through one full cycle.  Looks like a round waffle iron, isn't cheap, but it does typically work pretty well.

This looks like an interesting alternative for about 20% the price (with the heating pouch added.)

May look into it myself once I get out and start looking for used vinyl.

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