Build Your Own Vinyl Record Cleaner

Gently wipe in a circular motion in the direction of the grooves to remove surface dust and dry with a soft cotton cloth.

Build your own vinyl record cleaner.

A rough and maybe not entirely accurate guide to building your own ultrasonic vinyl record cleaner on a budget. Ingredients like tergitol or photo flow wetting agent will certainly make a difference but we decided to focus on every day ingredients that can be easily purchased at your local pharmacy or grocery store. Make your own professional record cleaning machine for less than 80 and save up to 3000 and more. Further diy vinyl record cleaning suggestions.

Custom made 10 inch vinyl record available in black white and transparent 20 minutes of music 10 min per side design your own cover labels quantity discount available free insured worldwide shipping. Make your own cleaning solution. The most important thing to remember is not to grind surface dust into the grooves on the record in the process. Finish with a home made loricraft monk type vacuum.

It may be time to clean your vinyl record if the surface is visibly dirty or the needle on your record player starts skipping more than usual. How to clean the records properly there are many ways around in the internet. Again vinyl s pretty tough. With some strips of aluminium you make a simple frame on top of it that holds a disco ball motor that slowly rotates.

Then use one of the following to make a record cleaning solution. Photo by michael vanevenhoven. Homemade liquid vinyl record cleaner recipe. You ll find your own method for the machine but i did place a few felt pads on the top corners of my machine to protect the disc should it slip out of my hands while i m working with the machine.

Create record create record. For around 150 you get a 10 liter ultrasonic cleaner from ebay. Mike huguenor updated september 15 2017. Mike huguenor updated september 15 2017.

Cheaper ways like the knosti or the discofilm but also. Start by dampening a cloth with water. Note the tank is pre made so really i am j. It s not on the record long enough to do any damage.

I do a bi directional rotation of the disc on my cleaning machine ending with the machine being shut off and the disc being slowly rotated to an end. To clean a record. On a spindle you put 5 8 records in 1 go and 10 15 minutes in the cleaner will make your vinyl pristine. While a great many homebrew record cleaning fluid recipes exist we decided to keep it simple.

How to clean record albums. Learn more despite the trend toward all music going digital vinyl records still remain relevant and in demand. Get a medium mixing bowl and combine three parts distilled water one part isopropyl alcohol and a few drops of dish detergent or dishwasher fluid.