Best DIY Record Cleaning Machine Under 100 Dollars

[@Lfunk1983]

Your channel is great Ben! Nice job

[@sonlighter01]

Thank you for your video. You have a very interesting set-up, and I appreciate you sharing. I’m curious about how you decided to use a vacuum method for the drying. What advantages do you find over drying the record with a clean, lint-free cloth? Thank you.

[@jowblow2171]

Ben, thank you for this great information.

[@BensAudioCave]

And thank you for watching!

[@turbokoni]

Excellent Video! Greetings from Germany!

[@BensAudioCave]

Greetings and happy holidays!!! 😃

[@jc-mt8ot]

what size elbow did you use at the hole in the countertop? THe pipe appears to be 1" but the busness end appears to fit properly snug into to the vinylvac. I know 1" to 3/4" elbow wouldnt fit properly in the end of the 1" vac. Did you somehow find one that fit snug? I tried every elbow i could find at home depot and no luck. IM building something simular. This is a great setup. I also assume that fitting sitting in front of the elbow on the counter is just to support the vac when its mounted so it is at the right height? Thanks ....great channel!

[@BensAudioCave]

I will get you lowes skus

[@jc-mt8ot]

@@BensAudioCave Thanks Ben. I found them today at Menards. Perfect fit. I also scored a nice piece of countertop on clearance for $1.39. I am well on my way to having a very similar setup

[@stevemanleycbg.5232]

Nice . Is there not a concern with the fluid and electrics .or is it only used manually? .

[@BensAudioCave]

This one is manual and you use a wet dry vac so no not really… I upgraded my setup with a drive motor recently on a later video

[@stevemanleycbg.5232]

@@BensAudioCave thanks i'll have a look at that one.

[@hoobsgroove]

I use natural goat's supposed to be best, and you can use natural goat hair paint brushes about $5 2"-6" and it has a metal band generally around it you can tell it from the synthetic version. get a couple for cleaning and one for cleaning while its on the the turntable dust removal always keep it damp always play records wet. yes but vacuuming does cause static and I think the vacuum heads have particles in them that get back onto the record surface. I would do it very slowly and just one rotation, and immersed in water alcohol mix, and let it dry naturally in a rack. I always put isopropanol alcohol 30% with the the rinsing doesn't do any ham and dries quickly.

[@BensAudioCave]

I don’t play my records wet ever and probably won’t… I did have goats hair brushes at one point but I’m honestly allergic to about every animal product in the world 😳

[@hoobsgroove]

@@BensAudioCave not sure why you wouldn't want to play your records wet or damp?? make sure are dry before you put them back in the slave! if you have a bad record with pops and crackles and scratches actually playing it with a puddle of water eliminate and reduces surface noise. if you're allergic I suppose that is a problem. but maybe if the goat hair brushes are washed thoroughly with soapy water and alcohol and vacuumed there should be no dust particles from the hair should be done anyway first before use!

[@BensAudioCave]

@@hoobsgroove if played wet and it makes sludge and water doesn’t penetrate the grooves… I have a fairly decent MC cart and really don’t have static or surface noise issues so much…

[@hoobsgroove]

@@BensAudioCave yes you can get sludge but that's just dirt its just showing their some residue left in the groves? could be from the cleaning fluids??

[@BensAudioCave]

@@hoobsgroove or dust in the air

[@astolatpere11]

Been washing lps this weekend without a vacuum. A lot of hand drying. This could be just the ticket. I won't play a record unless it's been cleaned.

[@BensAudioCave]

I won’t either parts list is in the description!

[@honestlyforreal6304]

I made the mistake of buying the Record Dr 6. What an absolute piece of shit. I can now use this method to get over the pain and embarrassment of falling for the bullshit hype. Thank you sir.

[@ArthurJS123]

This is absolute insanity. Is listening to records a hobby? Or, a semester of college chemistry. Record cleaning has become a second hobby for many. I’d much rather be listening to records than spend the rest of my life scrubbing them. Yes, I do clean my records. But not with all kinds of contraptions, formulas, and crazed voodoo.

[@BensAudioCave]

While I thank you for your comment; you should really try a proper record vacuum. I am simply trying to save my viewers hundreds of dollars and it makes a huge difference

[@ArthurJS123]

@@BensAudioCave I use water and Photo Flo. No need to use a vacuum. Surfactants work.

[@BensAudioCave]

@@ArthurJS123 my home brew uses photo flow but tergikleen has been much better... I have quantified this several times with plays and microscope tests... There is science to analog... I only deep clean every 10-15 plays at most.. so this isn't an all the time thing... usually it's a dry brush or zerostat gun

[@ArthurJS123]

@@BensAudioCave I wish I had the time, patience, and money to get that deep into the weeds.

[@BensAudioCave]

@@ArthurJS123 I work from home so sometimes I multitask but it took me a year during covid to clean my entire collection... it worked out great though!