GrooveWasher Walnut Record Cleaning Kit

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Summary: Remarkable effectiveness, but too expensive and cumbersome to be used outside of rare occurrences.

They strive to provide a consumer record cleaning tool and method that cleans the microgrooves so the honest sound can be heard without doing harm to the record or the stylus. On sending the starter kit, GrooveWasher founder, Steve invited me to test his product for residue by spraying on a clear piece of glass.With so many fervent defenders in different cleaning solution camps, how could we without a proper test? I wont go into my cleaning method but it involves IPA sometimes multiple times and its never damaged a record.

We put a few of the most common ones to the test to see if their claims of providing superior cleaning ring true. You have to remember, some of these records are decades old, who knows what might be lurking in the grooves after years of potential use and abuse. Low alcohol with technical surfactants to dissolve sticky gunk from the stylus, so the SC1 Brush can remove it.

The GrooveWasher replaceable microfiber cleaning pad features a super absorbent black terry style split microfiber cover. There are those who will say the solution is killing my records but if it is it's, at least, making them sound better before they die- and it does get a lot of dirt out if they're dirty. Near Mint cleaning solution was developed in the United Kingdom by DJs and record collectors Russ Ryan and Mo Fingaz.

The GrooveWasher walnut handle is milled from a single solid piece of midwest premium American Black Walnut, hand finished by wood artisans with waterproof oil polyurethane in Groovewasher's plant in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Notes: If you're just getting into vinyl, or finding your way back, the GrooveWasher INTRO Kit is a great way to enhance your overall experience. In my experience, the above, pragmatic approach is the best advice you can follow when cleaning used records. Notes: Use GSR Super Rinse as your second step after cleaning the record with GrooveWasher's G3 Record Cleaning Fluid.This method works well, but the trouble is, most vinyl collectors want a single-step cleaning process. The GrooveWasher team developed their G2 cleaning fluid to evaporate quickly and avoid the secondary rinsing step, and I’m happy to report their claim holds up very well. Keep your GrooveWasher kit next to your turntable to groom your records and needle--just before each play.

California Prop 65 WARNING: This product can expose you to one or more chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or birth defects. We’ve given some guidelines on an efficient process to clean vinyl records, but we stopped short of prescribing a specific cleaning solution. This pad has a laser cut acrylic base with low profile velcro for firm attachment to the walnut handle. Fast forward to the present day, and the GrooveWasher team are putting those years of experience to great use by developing an updated and enhanced version of the 1970s most popular record cleaner. I think if I'm spinning my records in the liquid, and the grime is falling to the bottom of the container, it's fairly low impact.The GrooveWasher Walnut Display Storage Block is a stylish display made of solid American walnut wood with a waterproof oil polyurethane finish. His love for records grew in the fallout from digital downloads and a feeling that, somehow, without the physical medium, the magic was lost. This water is laboratory grade, carbon filtered, double deionized and UV light treated to ensure every spray is clean and anti-static on contact.