Clean Vinyl Sounds Better! | Spin Clean Record Washer, Demo with Needle Drop and Cleaning Tips! 

I can't believe that dirty record didn't sound much worse than it did!

Great review, very thorough. I’m going with the yellow spin clean. 👍

Thanks for the video! I love the fan/filter idea. I've found the Vinyl Styl to be a better unit over the Spin clean. My reasons for this are; 1. It has a label protector as part of its operation. 2. The label protector also has thumb holes to allow spinning without touching the record. 3. It has a drying rack that holds 7 or 8 albums built into the base of the unit. I use mine in conjunction with the Vinyl Vac and clean enough records to fill the drying rack before I replace the my homemade cleaning solution (15oz Distilled water, 1oz of 99% pure alcohol and appx 10 drops of fotoflo using a syringe or less until I see the cleaning solution start sheeting over my test album) I then empty the drying rack by playing the LPs and Then putting them into new inner sleeves. My goal is to find 2 more basin cleaners to use as rinses, but i think that will be just a luck find someday at the thrift stores.

Fan & filter is such a simple, brilliant idea. Great job.

Hey, this was great! I think I'm even going to use the filter/fan option to reduce dust in the drum room.

thank you for your explanation which was really clear with loads of helpful tips. loved the dirty disc demo, too ! the voice over is great - nicely measured and crystal clear - thanks, dude 🙂 this review made up my mind re the Spin Clean - my Moth RCM is now up for sale !!

I need one of these cleaners in my life.

Great video!! I appreciate the time and effort in making these!! I shop thrift stores weekly. Treasures are found! I own the yellow version of this spin cleaner. I have built my vinyl collection to over 378 records and two turntables. Enjoying the time travel back to when we were young. LOL.

Can't wait to watch this one. Need it for sure.

These are great tips! Thanks!

Excellent video. 👍! Very informative. Thank you.

Great video segment...hoping to see more of them from this nifty/thrifty channel. -- Slamdog

Good Video!, like the before and after comparison.

Thanks for the great tips!

Cool video thanx

I have the yellow one and I love it. If the record has hair line scratches on it it'll still have surface noise.

What 'dirty' album were you playing - sounded interesting!

I have a Knosti Antistat cleaner and that Spin Clean looks a pain in the arse to rotate!

Great video on the three caps of solution you Add would that just clean one record at a timeThank you Matt

Can I do cleaning again till it’s almost like new ? Thanks

Can I use warm tap water to clean the brushes, etc. after I clean my records with distilled water?

My brand new copy of Alabama Shakes' Sound And Color makes so much more noise that the dirty record on that video makes me crazy

"Dirty" doesn't sound as bad as it looks. Some people recommend rinsing after cleaning, using the same process, but just clean water with no cleaning solution.

What record is the second one?

How many records can you clean before having to change the solution?

The Studebaker record cleaner looks identical to the Spin Clean but it does not have a fill line. In fact, the directions do not mention anything about filling the base with water. It comes with a bottle of cleaner and you put 4-8 drops on each pad, then run the record through 3 times in each direction. Remove the record and wipe off whatever fluid remains. Essentially, it is the same unit but a different process. However, I see no reason why you could not use the Spin Cleaner process with the Spin Cleaner fluid/distilled water. You just need to figure out how high to fill the base since there is no fill line. So if you are considering the Studebaker since it is cheaper, know this ahead of time. If you choose to buy the Spin Cleaner fluid and distilled water to use in the Studebaker, in the long run, is it really any cheaper? (I didn't work the numbers out to tell.) And the top to cover it up is a very thin clear plastic cover such as you might find on a gift box. I don't expect it to last long at all. Its basically a dust cover. The base is also black, which would make seeing the dirty fluid even harder. BTW: Good review, thanks for that!

Would you recommend giving every vinyl an extra cleaning with a record solution and a brush or would it be just and overkill?

Party on Wayne.

Have to found that the enclosed solution creates more noise? I've heard many people just use the spin clean with water only.

What is the name of that artist on that dirty record you played ?

Not everybody has a removable headshell to swap cartridges.

3:55 Anyone know what song it is?

My rollers keep popping out!

I like my SC, but technically they're felt-like pads, not brushes...

That may be how Spin Clean says to clean a record, but it's a bad technique that is missing a crucial step. If you use the cloth to wipe off the contaminated liquid the cloth will get more and more contaminated as you clean additional records. You will then spread that contamination on to other records. Also, when you use the cloth it will not remove all of the contaminated liquid from the grooves. Get some distilled water and a bottle to place it in the has a nozzle, so that when you squeeze the bottle a stream of distilled water is emitted. These bottles are cheap and available on line. They are used in chemistry labs for rinsing glassware. After cleaning in the Spin Clean, rinse the record throughly with the distilled water before you use the cloth to dry it. This way you do not contaminate the cloth and spread that contimination from record to record. If a record is especially dirty, I will clean it with soap ( I recommend using Dawn) and water before using the spin clean. Again, after this first cleaning, rinse with tap water and then distilled water before using the Spin Clean. This is the proper way to clean a record using a Spin Clean. It's just common sense to not spread the contaminated liquid onto the cloth and then to additional reocrds. I'm surprised that Spin Clean doesn't understand how to do this the right way!

This doesn't tell me anything. Even after cleaning, how can anyone tell if the spin clean didn't clean the record good enough to eliminate that surface noise? The record itself needed a cleaning and a clip of how it sounded and then another cleaning with the spin clean followed by another clip of the record playing. The saturation of soil on the record doesn't do anything but lie to the viewer. Of course it's going to sound really bad, but who's ever going to play a record in that condition? They would at the very least run it under the sink and dry it first. This literally tells us nothing.

That's a cheaty comparison. And you know why.

Dont buy records from Pompéi

WHY are you playing a filthy record? That is insane. On your reply you can hear where you wrecked it. Why, just why? Please tell me you don't care about it.