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Posted by Woony on Mar-07-2012 09:56:

I suck at cleaning records

Stupid question but might aswell but this here.

So I have this electromagnetic-whatever cleaning cloth and brush but when I clean one side the other side gets all dusty because it sticks to the slipmat.

Do I need a liquid cleaning solution or what?

Posted by Teezdalien on Mar-07-2012 10:20:

you need a new/clean slipmat.

Posted by Woony on Mar-07-2012 17:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Teezdalien
you need a new/clean slipmat.

It's only like 3 months olds. I don't have a dust protection case though. Isn't there a way to clean the damn thing?

Posted by Adam420 on Mar-07-2012 17:21:

Is your room very dry? Is there a lot of static in your environment? Also it's possible that you just have really shitty slipmats - for example one of mine is branded Numark and is made from a foamy material which is different from the standard ones that you tend to see, and records stick to it all the time. But when I played my records at a friends place the other day that wasn't happening.

Posted by Teezdalien on Mar-07-2012 17:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Woony
It's only like 3 months olds. I don't have a dust protection case though. Isn't there a way to clean the damn thing?

I'd suggest to cover your decks with something when not in use or your bound to have dust issues, one of the downsides of vinyl. As for cleaning the slip mat, I just run a vaccume cleaner over mine every so often, I've never tried washing them so I don't know if that's a good thing to try or not? Maybe someone else may have a better solution.
I also use record cleaning solution and it works excellently for actually cleaning the records.

Posted by DjWoody on Mar-07-2012 19:32:

Slip mats get dirty all the time. There isn't much you can do about it except to put cover them or to put them in jackets/sleeves and brush them/clean them every now and then. However, to clean your records, you should be using this.

Posted by Woony on Mar-08-2012 22:22:

Mine seems sort of rubberish, maybe I need to get a better one. I'll try vacuuming it.

Posted by itsamemario on Mar-13-2012 14:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
Is your room very dry? Is there a lot of static in your environment? Also it's possible that you just have really shitty slipmats - for example one of mine is branded Numark and is made from a foamy material which is different from the standard ones that you tend to see, and records stick to it all the time. But when I played my records at a friends place the other day that wasn't happening.

What you have is pretty much the opposite of a slip-mat. Unless the bottom of it is non-stick, which I suspect is the case. Sounds like some space-age stuff!

Posted by Adam420 on Mar-13-2012 17:02:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_alfi
What you have is pretty much the opposite of a slip-mat. Unless the bottom of it is non-stick, which I suspect is the case. Sounds like some space-age stuff!

no it is a slipmat, I don't mean that they stick when I'm bending the record back/forward, but when I try to remove the record from the deck.

Posted by itsamemario on Mar-13-2012 17:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
no it is a slipmat, I don't mean that they stick when I'm bending the record back/forward, but when I try to remove the record from the deck.

haha okay so kinda like static electricity then?

Posted by Teezdalien on Mar-19-2012 06:47:

Static electricity attracts dust like nothing else.

Posted by Florence76 on Mar-19-2012 10:46:

I clean one side the other side gets all dusty because it sticks to the slipmat.

Posted by yonny on Mar-30-2012 19:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Euforix
That exactly. I have the same Numark slipmat myself.

+1, numark slipmats suck

Posted by PivotTechno on Mar-30-2012 20:44:

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Best out there.