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I suck at cleaning records
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| Woony |
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? |
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| Teezdalien |
| you need a new/clean slipmat. ;) |
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| Woony |
| 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? |
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| Adam420 |
| Is your room very dry? Is there a lot of static in your environment? Also it's possible that you just have really ty 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. |
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| Teezdalien |
| 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. |
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| DjWoody |
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.
:toothless
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| Woony |
| Mine seems sort of rubberish, maybe I need to get a better one. I'll try vacuuming it. |
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| dj_alfi |
| 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 ty 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! |
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| Adam420 |
| 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. |
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| dj_alfi |
| 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? |
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| Teezdalien |
| Static electricity attracts dust like nothing else. ;) |
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| Florence76 |
I clean one side the other side gets all dusty because it sticks to the slipmat. |
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