New vinyl cleaning method invented

Shaun · 05:36 AM

steven0356 · 11th March 2010, 12:09 PM

so has anyone tried this stuff?

PH104 · 11th March 2010, 12:28 PM

It looks very similar to a method published several years ago in Audio Amateur. Reg Williamson used polyvinyl alcohol, if I remember correctly, to make the film. You can still buy the stuff from Old Colony:

KM-9 - Reg's LP Rejuvenator Kit

Never tried it myself.

Shaun · 11th March 2010, 12:57 PM

Yeah. Way back in the eighties I used a similar product by Nagaoka (I later found the same product under another brand, maybe no-name). Same colour, too. I bet these design engineers were actually "engineering in reverse".

Dunno how someone can go on national TV and claim invention of a decades-old product.

Cal Weldon · 11th March 2010, 01:05 PM

Especially when you can use wood glue to do the same thing.

Steerpike · 11th March 2010, 05:26 PM

I bought 'Metrosound"s brush on-peel off mask in about 1980, and discovered it was indistinguishable from PVA Release Agent (except colour) as sold by fibreglass shops, at 5% of the price. I've been using release agent ever since.

Shaun · 12th March 2010, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steerpike

I bought 'Metrosound"s brush on-peel off mask in about 1980, and discovered it was indistinguishable from PVA Release Agent (except colour) as sold by fibreglass shops, at 5% of the price. I've been using release agent ever since.

Hey! Thanks for the tip! I think I'll give that a bash.

fftulip · 14th March 2010, 06:10 AM

I've used the PVA stuff as sold by Old Colony, and it works quite well. Downsides are, you have to "cook" the stuff up to prepare it (if you get the kit), and takes many hours to dry (usually overnight) before you can peel it off. Upsides are it lasts a long time and seems to cover a lot of surface area. I'm still using the first batch I cooked up over 20 years ago! I usually use water and enzyme based cleaners though, because I can do more records in the same amount of time.

Neither method will completely clean a really dirty record though ("remove all clicks and pops"), you'll have to use multiple cycles of both to do a good job.

Shaun · 20th March 2010, 01:11 PM

Just picked this up at the local flee market for all of $3. Around 1/3 of the fluid had been used.

sq225917 · 23rd March 2010, 03:42 PM

nice

11th March 2010, 05:32 AM	#1
Shaun diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Cape Town, South Africa	New vinyl cleaning method invented Record Revirginizer __________________ Shaun Onverwacht \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| DON'T PANIC \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Last edited by Shaun; 11th March 2010 at 05:36 AM.

11th March 2010, 12:28 PM	#3
PH104 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New Mexico	It looks very similar to a method published several years ago in Audio Amateur. Reg Williamson used polyvinyl alcohol, if I remember correctly, to make the film. You can still buy the stuff from Old Colony: KM-9 - Reg's LP Rejuvenator Kit Never tried it myself. __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." -- Henny Youngman

11th March 2010, 12:57 PM	#4
Shaun diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Cape Town, South Africa	Yeah. Way back in the eighties I used a similar product by Nagaoka (I later found the same product under another brand, maybe no-name). Same colour, too. I bet these design engineers were actually "engineering in reverse". Dunno how someone can go on national TV and claim invention of a decades-old product. __________________ Shaun Onverwacht \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| DON'T PANIC \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|

11th March 2010, 01:05 PM	#5
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Especially when you can use wood glue to do the same thing. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

11th March 2010, 05:26 PM	#6
Steerpike diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa	I bought 'Metrosound"s brush on-peel off mask in about 1980, and discovered it was indistinguishable from PVA Release Agent (except colour) as sold by fibreglass shops, at 5% of the price. I've been using release agent ever since. __________________ Steerpike's Toybox


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11th March 2010, 12:09 PM	#2
steven0356 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Atlanta	so has anyone tried this stuff?

14th March 2010, 06:10 AM	#8
fftulip diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2010	I've used the PVA stuff as sold by Old Colony, and it works quite well. Downsides are, you have to "cook" the stuff up to prepare it (if you get the kit), and takes many hours to dry (usually overnight) before you can peel it off. Upsides are it lasts a long time and seems to cover a lot of surface area. I'm still using the first batch I cooked up over 20 years ago! I usually use water and enzyme based cleaners though, because I can do more records in the same amount of time. Neither method will completely clean a really dirty record though ("remove all clicks and pops"), you'll have to use multiple cycles of both to do a good job.

23rd March 2010, 03:42 PM	#10
sq225917 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield	nice __________________ hoping to pick up some things.

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