Gentlemen,
see if the idea is worth. There are popular vinyl cleaners, where in a vessel filled with cleaning liquid one spins the record and internal brush cleans. However the contaminants remain in the vessel. Which needs repeated change of liquid. My idea is since Aquarium has water filter which sucks water, cleans it and recirculates it, one can use it to clean records too. Fish Tank internal cleaner will be attached to the cleaning brush, which is designed in such a way that the attached brush while cleaning the record sucks the water in and passes on to the cleaner inlet. See attached vague illustration. Nifty ?
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see if the idea is worth. There are popular vinyl cleaners, where in a vessel filled with cleaning liquid one spins the record and internal brush cleans. However the contaminants remain in the vessel. Which needs repeated change of liquid. My idea is since Aquarium has water filter which sucks water, cleans it and recirculates it, one can use it to clean records too. Fish Tank internal cleaner will be attached to the cleaning brush, which is designed in such a way that the attached brush while cleaning the record sucks the water in and passes on to the cleaner inlet. See attached vague illustration. Nifty ?
Regards.
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That actually sounds like a pretty good idea. The thing is though, with the advent of 3d printing it shouldn't be hard to make the parts for the intake/cleaning mechanism. Using something like a paint pad brush for the cleaning surface maybe would work?
I like the idea of a circulating filter mechanism. Granted it probably wouldn't clean as well as an ultrasonic cleaner, but it would definitely work far better than the spin clean brand of record cleaner.
You can use cork disks to protect the label as well. It would work well and as an added bonus, it would be pretty cheap to do.
I like the idea of a circulating filter mechanism. Granted it probably wouldn't clean as well as an ultrasonic cleaner, but it would definitely work far better than the spin clean brand of record cleaner.
You can use cork disks to protect the label as well. It would work well and as an added bonus, it would be pretty cheap to do.
It would need a membrane filter (standard aquarium sponge filter will not remove small particles), and also a stronger water pump will be needed. Good idea anyway.
Yes we can use stronger motor of larger fish tank and fine membrane. Idea is when brush cleans the record, the water in that area is taken out. We can recirculate it or take it in different container.
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Not sure if I would use a vacuum cleaner attachment. The bristles will be larger than the grooves and quite stiff.
of course. It was just sample. One can cut slot like that in proper vinyl cleaning brush. Or take two vinyl cleaning brush and leave a gap between them.
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Remove the vacuumed liquid to another container where it may settle and be later filtered more thoroughly than if it was immediately recirculated.
3 tanks needed...1)supply, to maintain level of... 2) operating where vacuuming happens and vacuumed liquid is removed to .....3)settling tank awaiting filtration.
1 and 2 can be joined with a simple siphon to keep level constant.
3 tanks needed...1)supply, to maintain level of... 2) operating where vacuuming happens and vacuumed liquid is removed to .....3)settling tank awaiting filtration.
1 and 2 can be joined with a simple siphon to keep level constant.
Thats good suggestion drone7. Also one can have two container with two cleaners each. The second container double filtered water can be diverted back to first container.
If anyone is interested how much dirt gets accumulated on a used vinyl, here is the link post #54. the dirt was collected on paper and dried.
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If anyone is interested how much dirt gets accumulated on a used vinyl, here is the link post #54. the dirt was collected on paper and dried.
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Is it really so hard to just change the water? This sounds like more trouble than it'd be worth. (sorry to put a damper on the enthusiasm.)
Changing water is not the problem. 🙂
As chances of dust getting back on to vinyl are good. Which will need rinsing again with water. Vinyl staying in same dirty water can be avoided by this method. How much dust is collected from single used vinyl is posted in earlier post.
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As chances of dust getting back on to vinyl are good. Which will need rinsing again with water. Vinyl staying in same dirty water can be avoided by this method. How much dust is collected from single used vinyl is posted in earlier post.
Regards.
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