Thank you so much!! It worked perfectly... TT

My concern with using this method first is that a certain amount of the dirt will be rubbed into the grooves more deeply. However much dirt is taken off the record's surface, some will be driven down into the grooves more deeply. My first step is to turn on my HEPA air cleaning machine for 60 minutes before I start the cleaning process. We've all seen dust in the air when early morning or afternoon sunlight is shining into the room. Reducing the dust in the room is obviously beneficial. I set a timer as an alert for when an hour has passed. Then, the actual first step in my cleaning process is to first zap both sides of the record with a Milty ZeroStat Anti-Static Gun. As static electricity attracts dust and causes it to cling to the record's surface, reducing the static cling both eases removal of the dust/dirt from the record and greatly lessens the de-statized record's ability to attract dust back to the surface while drying. Once the record is thoroughly cleaned, then it makes sense to me to use a solution designed to dissolve fingerprints. Followed by a distilled water rinse. Finally, purchase of an inexpensive USB powered Wireless Digital Microscope (50x-1000x Magnification) allows us to easily evaluate the effectiveness of our cleaning process.

Becareful if using that kind of rubber roller. It's kind of sticky rubber compound which may be similar to the cleaning gel for needle, and they are sticky. It was demonstrated that at some point they do more harm instead to help. Brushes are more safe to use and they do not harm! 👍

Very cool! It looks like you used nearly a whole can of spray for a single hype sticker. That could probably get expensive. Not to sound stupid, but could I just put the shrink in the freezer and peel it off? How about using a hair dryer to warm it up and loosen the adhesive?

Just Use a hair heat gun jeez! Don’t have to destroy the environment like that😢

Excellent! Many thanks for a really useful video. Much appreciated.

There's no Bugs Bunny here tho...

I've got a record that was poorly mastered and two grooves actually touch, so it skips. I might try to fix it, not entirely sure how though! 🤪

I don't believe that the ultrasonics will break the bond between the hydrogen and oxygen of the water molecule as shown in this video. These covalent bonds are strong bonds and ultrasonic frequencies will not break them. The surfactants can, however, break the hydrogen bonds between the water molecules. The demo showing that the hydrogen molecule separating from the H2O is inaccurate to my understanding.

I love my Funk Firm patter mate. It is much more involving

Also... ultrasonic's do clean spectacularly, but also unevenly. They will leave a mottled surface visible under light, as the transducers do tend to localize the intensity of the clean, which will vary over the entire record surfaces, leaving a visible unevenness to the clean surfaces.... all is audibly clean, but visibly, some areas are cleaner than others

I was thinking couldn’t you wear nitrile gloves to handle the record to get a better grip.

Just stumbled across this video. I've been improving my Crosley. Before anyone comments, they don't chew records! I have a Philips hifi with the SAME BSR turntable mechanism and tonearm/cartridge and I still own the vinyl and it's not chewed despite being played for 40 yrs! The bit that chews your record is the cheapo needle that is often shipped with the unit - I've replaced that with proper diamond one, upgraded the ceramic cartridge, added counterweight, upgraded speakers, added high impedence pre-amp for the ceramic cartridge (omitted from most cheap turntables which makes them sound flat), new main amp etc. Anyway, my Crosley sounds good for a portable record player but I would like to try a magnetic cartridge on it to see if I can get it even better. Obviously the pre-amp will need swapping with a pre-amp suitable for the MM cartridge. Just waiting on the bits to arrive before I try and retrofit an audiotechnica magnetic cartridge to it. Wish I had a 3D printer ;) You could sell those brackets on ebay - would make a fortune ;)

Very well demonstrated/explained,it all looks easy enough to do 👍👍👍

Thanks for dosing my weekend with new grooves!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! i fixed one of my black sabbaths loop problems with adding the weight to the stylus!!!!

Great video! Never thought about it in that way about the worn needle. And what about worn eliptical or fineline needles? They would damage the vinyl I guess. Or elliptical or fine line needles which are worn unsymmetrical.

For me it's the best analysis I've seen so far, thank you

hi, my English is not good and from Italy I wanted to ask you how you managed to solve the loop problem. Thank you very much :)

Interesting video thanks! What temperature, in degrees celcius, do you recommend for cleaning solution in the ultrasonic cleaner? Regards Nick

I just bought a Degritter record cleaning machine but I haven't opened it yet. Should I just return it?

if they use carbon fiber but not plastic as material for the brushes there should be no apparent differences

What's the overall difference between them when it comes to the sound quality?

Hi X junkie NL, excellent video. Thank you. Do you have any views / thoughts on ultrasonically cleaning records regarding the following; 1) Location of the Transducers i.e. bottom mounting Transducers (like the typical commercial ultrasonic cleaning baths for normally cleaning jewelry, metal objects etc. suspended in a hanging basket that are also being used for cleaning records with a record spinner) or side mounting Transducers (like the Degritter Huminguru & KLaudio LP200T dedicated ultrasonic record cleaning machines) ? 2) The ultrasonic frequency used (ranging from 40kHz up to over 200+ kHz) for record cleaning ? 3) The actual power of the ultrasonics cleaning the record (with the volume of water inside the Ultrasonic Cleaning Machine playing an important part i.e. typical commercial ultrasonic cleaning baths having a large volume of water in comparison to the Degritter, Huminguru and KLaudio LP200T dedicated URCMs which have relatively small volumes of water for the actual cleaning of the record (i.e. not the volume of the water tank that feed these URCMs)) ? Reason I ask these important questions above, is I am considering going down the Ultrasonic Cleaning route for my records even though I currently thoroughly clean my records (and have been the last 10+ years) with my trusty original Keith Monks Classic Vacuum Record Cleaning Machine (which the BBC Archive Dept used to have and use) where I give my records a full pre-wash & main wash regime with the recommended Keith Monks Discovery Cleaning Fluid and the latest technology Keith Monks record cleaning brushes and then a final rinse on the Keith Monks RCM with pure distilled water vacuuming the fluid off between each of these cleaning (pre-wash, main wash & rinse) stages. And yet even after this thorough cleaning regime of my records on my Keith Monks RCM, I can still hear clicks and pops on a lot of my records (I am a critical listener i.e. I listen to most of my records on my TOTL Headphone System - a Hifiman EF1000 Amp with Hifiman Susvara Headphones linked to my CH Precision P1 & X1 Phono Stage linked to my Kuzma XL DC Turntable with Kuzma 4Point 11" Tonearm & MSL Eminent Ex cartridge) even new records that have never been played before. Therefore to remove these clicks and pops wondering and hoping that ultrasonic cleaning will remove them. Your thoughts on the above would be greatly appreciated.

What about using 99% isopropyl alcohol?

Excellent - someone who thinks and applies scientific understanding. refreshing.

Is it normal to see white reflections on top of grooves or could it be a buildup of calcium carbonate?thanks

Cameron in South Memphis (Tennessee) is glad you are the conductor of this Soul Train RU-vid channel. Keep those trains running the tracks. .

what do you call the microscope?

Audio Desk is most safety and best quality than any others.

WOOOW Paul Nice to see you in action again! gogogogo @reviewp

Thanks for this one, Paul. I'll be trying this in the near future. Small question, does the temperature of the freeze spray matter? I see different version, some quite expensive. How long does a can last? Thanks for your reply but don't feel obliged. All help appreciated.

interesting selection this. guess i need a few african records as well. and btw - is anyone madly offended by the new youtube layout as well? like, how ridiculous is it to push the comments and info box to the side?

Hello Paul, that Adex record sounds and looks so cool, omg, also Orlando was stand out for me. I want to hear that twenty minute live version of that percussion part you were dreaming of, hahaa. You have had Tutto passa on the wall for a while, whats your take on it? Moi!

You don’t want those old scratchy records, Paul. Just post them to me. I’ll even pay for the postage 😉. Fantastic finds! Love seeing those original sleeves and labels. Keep ‘em coming 👍👍

Hello Paul, thanks for sharing thony adex, I wasn't familiar with this artist...sounded great on the clip. cheers mate

Hey now Paul👋🏻🏖awesome music all solid sounding oh yes to the first album, thanks for digging up the best info you could find!👏🏻 The debut album hmmm I 🤔 think? 22 band.....now that really took me to the beach 🏝☀️😎I was dancing in my mind! Opened my eyes and realized it was cloudy rainy and just plain oooo blah .... thanks for the great samples Paul!!!! Have a wonderful week my friend- Lis 🎶☮️🙏🏻😎

Hi, does anyone know if Humminguru is safe to use? Also would I be better off with vacuum machine because I do not want to degrade the record? It seems ultrasonic can degrade the vinyl. Thanks for your comments!

Great video as always! Another fire track from Fela was a tune called "Eko Ile". Wow😊

How do we know the weight loss observed in the study was due to loss of Noryl material and not loss of dirt and debris? I would expect a clean record to weigh slightly less than a dirty one.

So many incredible rarities! Even with all the wear and tear they are fantastic, it's a wonder some of them have survived at all. I always thought juju music was pronounced like joojoo but perhaps it is yooyoo...that's the trouble when you never hear anybody say these names out loud...ha I was going to say Fela has so many records because they are only two songs each, sounds like this album he was trying for just one! All the best, cheers!

Fantastic video. Thanks for highlighting these gems !

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mooie kast waar heb je die gehaald, verkoop je ook platen ben een reggae liefheber..thanks voor de youtube clip..

Other test show that 40kHz ultrasonic cleaner do damage to record after 3-4 cleaning 6 min each. 120+kHz not. So if you wash once or maybe two times you should be ok.

Hi Paul, very up,fitting soul music I like the album by Natasha but the gospel was also nice. I rarely buy new soul so this was fun to hear

Great video here. I needed some good new soul music to spin.

The 80s were great 😊

I {finally} got my copy Sault 11 album delivered Paul. I have all of the other ones from previous years. The only one that I wanted from last year's five releases in the same day was '11'. Cleo is fantastic as usual on all of them. I am stoked that you showed her solo stuff. Fred showed it recently too. <> The Jimetta Rose sounds excellent. Very upbeat and happy vibes. Digging your selections Paul. All of them~ Rob/Boston

Great tunes, thanks! If I may, I’d like to shout out the new Helado Negro album for more yummy soul goodness😊