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Posted by miamitranceman on Apr-12-2007 22:24:

Caring for old vinyl...

Having recently picked up a TT, I've been going through my parents vinyl collection from way back when. Some of these have been untouched since the 70s. I'm wondering what's the best (preferably cheapest) way to clean them.

I'm a vinyl noob.

Posted by Ryan0751 on Apr-12-2007 23:25:

Re: Caring for old vinyl...

There is lots of information on this... do some searching. You can make vinyl cleaner yourself for cheap.

Most important thing is storage, keeping it vertical, and away from heat.

quote:
Originally posted by miamitranceman
Having recently picked up a TT, I've been going through my parents vinyl collection from way back when. Some of these have been untouched since the 70s. I'm wondering what's the best (preferably cheapest) way to clean them.

I'm a vinyl noob.

Posted by DJMaytag on Apr-13-2007 01:07:

GrooveGlide works wonders on dirty old vinyl!

Posted by Mmanu on Apr-14-2007 00:18:

100% proof alcohol or close. I revived my older vinyl that way.
outstanding results. Kills the static too

Posted by DJMaytag on Apr-14-2007 05:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Mmanu
100% proof alcohol or close. I revived my older vinyl that way.
outstanding results. Kills the static too

and kills brain cells too

Posted by Alex on Apr-14-2007 06:31:

Funny story, my old cat, Budweiser, actually got really sick one from eating one of my dad's old records, might have been a "The Police" vinyl, not sure.

The cat I think got most of the way through the record and we had to pay like $1300 in vet bills to have him operated on to get Sting taken out of his belly!

Posted by Fl@k Monkey on Apr-14-2007 11:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Alex
might have been a "The Police" vinyl, not sure.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Question: Why the hell was your cat eating vinyl of all things in the first place?

Posted by ZeJayMan on Apr-16-2007 14:53:

Those vet prices were a bit stingy waaaaaaaaaaay ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted by miamitranceman on Apr-16-2007 15:20:

Think how many records you could have bought with that!

Posted by T-Soma on Apr-16-2007 15:27:

quote:
Originally posted by miamitranceman
Think how many records you could have bought with that!

Or atleast two BRAND NEW cats!

but I know how people can love their pets