Spin-Clean Record Washer Kit | Vinyl Record Cleaner | Record Cleaning Kit | Alcohol-Free Solution | Snap-in Rollers | Wedge-Fit Brushes | 2 Lint-Free Drying Cloths | Perfect for 33, 48 & 78 RPM

For fifty years I have been very cautious with my vinyl records. When RSD brought me back to the hobby, I only bought new 180g. As I learned more about older pressings, I soon found out that with shipping from Discogs they were pretty expensive as well. So now I visit my local shop and spend anywhere from $3 to $10 for a spin. I initially had some anxiety about cleaning lps with liquid, but this does the job and it’s pretty fun as well. My brother has a pretty cool $1000 set up for cleaning his records, but I have to say this is perfect for me. For $3 I can clean up an old record, put it in a new sleeve and enjoy. Great.

So I have a little over 300 records ranging from new and/or un-valuable everyday records all the way up to sealed 1st presses and "White Label" promos and rare pressings. But the thing I had never invested in was a RCM.I had collected many records that visually looked great but upon play were full of static, pops, and crackles to the point of being un-listenable. Most recently I had found a first pressing of Pink Floyd "Animals" for super cheap that was so full of static I couldn't listen to more than 3 minutes of it.I buy records online, via garage sales, books stores, record shops, and anywhere else I can hunt down what I'm looking for for the best $$$. Many are dusty, stored in their original paper or cardboard sleeves, and just overall haven't lived a sheltered life (I prefer original/vintage records when possible which doesnt help).After becoming extremely frustrated when I got about 7 out of 10 records with an unacceptable amount of noise I decided I needed to do something about it. I had been planning to buy a new phono cartridge, but decided before I went and invested $100s in a new cartridge upgrade, maybe I needed to upgrade to something more effective at cleaning my collection than my hand washing and micro fiber towel method since I buy all these previously loved records and it wasnt measuring up!!Enter the Spin Clean. I want to buy an ultrasonic cleaner soon but figured this would at least tell me if some of these records were salvageable. So I ordered it, got it in, and immediately tackled my most severe records.Here are my finds after cleaning most of my records and now months of use:1) Don't use the rags. They leave lint behind! Get yourself a drying rack (dish rack will do if you are careful and deliberate.2) Throw out the Spin Clean cleaner and buy you a bottle of TERGIKLEEN!! That stuff saves this cleaner! It makes it way more effective and for $30 you can make 30 gallons!3) Use distilled water. I tried first using highly filtered water from my water machine but it left spots if not wiped off immediately.4) Wash about 10 records in a row and let them drip dry! After you wash 10, go back and remove droplets of water with the rags. This allows you to wash more records without soaking your rags and not having to stop as much.5) If you have records that have not been cleaned in a long time only do 10-15 max then change water as the water gets murky and there will be dusty silk in the bottom of the bin you could stir up.6) SUUUUUPER crackly records may require 2 sessions to get all the static out.7) Finally spin records 2 times each way then leave sit for 3 mins. Now spin the 6 times each way and back 2 times the other.8) Now rinse the Tergikleen off with a squirter bottle, clean the Spin Clean out, squeeze out the brushes and fill with distilled water and run each record through a rinse bath. 3 times each way.9) Set in drying rack to drip dry then once complete re-sleeve and store.So what has the outcome been. Well I am happy to report all my records became near quiet (you will never get complete silence) and even my worst ones became close to new. After doing them there was a brown silt in the bottom and they gleamed like new. Also my stylus hasn't needed cleaned NEARLY as often.So in conclusion, it may require a bit of trial and error, along with a better cleaning solution but this system works so well I even bought a second so I can have a wash AND a rinse one. This little gadget has saved my records and breathed life into records I thought were goners. Just today I bought a 48 year old "White Label" Promo that was extra noisy. After running it through this, it is as good as new records I own (As far as noise). So while other more expensive methods might work better; this is enough for most. Buy it and clean all your records, they will sound better, last longer, and save damage to your equipment. Now I can move forward with a nicer cartridge knowing my records are all clean and sounding their best!! Worth every penny!!!

Do you see the young lady in the picture? After over 30 years, she is finally getting the baths she deserves. While spinning and drying the records can be time-consuming, the results are definitely worth it. This product won't repair scratches, but it will effectively clean the grooves in your records, enhancing the sound quality. You'll need distilled water and a few hours of dedication to improve your listening experience. Fortunately, the cleanup and maintenance of the Spin-Clean system are quite easy to perform. Just a warning, you'll need an extra solution to clean up records by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. They're just dirty to begin with.

I don't have a vacuum or hypersonic machine to clean my records. I'm sure they are better, but very expensive and take up space that I don't have and if I'm honest, my vinyl collection is more beloved, than it is audiophile grade. I do have some early Blue Note pressings and a select few new 180g type LPs, but most of my (fairly large) collection come out of bins or from someone else's collection and some were not especially good pressings to begin with. I just love listening to (mostly jazz) records.This is a wet clean system, it would be impossible to set something like this up with things that are already around the house or by using a kitchen faucet. It's a simple, cheap design that works very well for what is intended. You'll see gunk and debris in the bottom of the tub after every batch of records you clean. That stuff was on your records and was going to get on your stylus. They look and sound much better after cleaning. I am kind of embarrassed, honestly, that I waited so long.TIPS:I had a box of latex gloves for early-days of Covid and I found that I am more productive if I glove up so that I can kind of grip the record from the sides. Otherwise, I feel like I'm crunching the edge against the plastic rollers. In addition to feeling like that can't be great for the record, the rollers on the out-side of the rotation will kind of bind and pop up or jam. Easy fix. Another reviewer mentioned mounting theirs with some type of axle to solve this problem. The gloves work great for me and my local drug store sells them by the box.Also as mentioned by another reviewer, the limitation I've run into is the lent free cloths. You can do about 15 or 20 records with the two cloths that come with the kit, then they'll be too wet to continue. That's not a bad number of records to clean in a single session, but if you want more capacity, order some extras.I dry them in my regular dish rack, I just line it with Saranwrap before. Dry them with the cloth, put them in the dish rack for a bit, then I put them on my turntable one at a time and run a velvet brush over them (MOFI) and then a carbon fiber anti-static brush. Is this necessary? I'm not sure, but I don't want to risk putting them away with any moisture in there and I want them to be as clean as I can practically get them.I also recommend (if your collection is like mine) buying new inner sleeves. You don't want to put your clean record back in a sleeve with gunk and lent on it or one that is old and torn, like a lot of mine were. I opted for acid free paper ones, rather than audiophile plastic ones, because I don't like how the plastic ones bunch up when you try to put them in the album cover.Unless you have a very large collection of very good vinyl and can spend the money and commit the space to a much more expensive solution, I think this is a 100% great tool for getting your records clean. Vinyl bliss!

My husband loves this machine. Has been using it for about 6 months now and really gets sone of the older records cleaned. He recommends it