You will need dish soap a bowl warm distilled water or deionised water a lint free soft cloth a carbon fibre brush.
Soap and distilled water clean vinyl record.
Full disclosure here we will be covering only a few of the many homespun cleaning solutions you can find across the web.
Fold one of the microfiber cloths and use a corner of the cloth to mix the soap and water well.
It s had all the minerals removed.
Clean your record gently.
Make sure you use the lint free cloth.
Before cleaning your vinyl records you need to remove dirt from the surface first.
You could use normal tap water instead of distilled water but it may leave mineral deposits in the grooves.
I then immediately rinse out the sponge so it just has cold water on it with no soap clean the record again to make sure there is no residue of the fairy liquid.
How to cheaply clean your prized vinyl record.
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Avoid using rubbing alcohol to clean your records since it can damage your records.
Whatever you do don t use tap water.
We iterated on this using the commonly suggested solution of distilled water dishwashing soap and isopropyl alcohol.
Homemade vinyl record cleaning solutions.
Remove the debris and dust that has been collecting on your record with a carbon fibre brush or cloth.
Prepare the soap and water cleaning solution.
Cleaning your damaged record cannot repair it.
So there s no chance of anything interfering with the vinyl.
This is a controversial ingredient is record cleaning solutions.
Add about 1 2 inches of distilled water to the bowl or enough so the soap and water can be easily mixed.
We provided a basic control group using tap water.
I use only distilled water for cleaning my records.
Also avoid using only distilled water.