Title: Re: Cleaning vinyl records with wood glue
Post by: lshin80 on September 07, 2013, 02:15:44 PM
I'm doing this right now.
I apply the glue while the record is spinning, and spread it with a credit card type plastic card. When it's dry I use a scalpel to lift it from the inner side of the LP (I insert the scalpel between the glue and the record). Then I easily peel it off with my fingers.
On a very dirty record, 4 gluings per side usually halve the amount of dirt.
Title: Re: Cleaning vinyl records with wood glue
Post by: shadowlord on September 09, 2013, 03:23:49 PM
i use the wood glue method as well. sometimes you can rescue a used record which would otherwise be too noisy.
i use an old Discofilm applicator to apply the wood glue. (while discofilm is said to do the same as wood glue, it never worked as well)
(http://666kb.com/i/che97q6c2ulqdjfp2.jpg)
Title: Re: Cleaning vinyl records with wood glue
Post by: Thehilie on November 05, 2013, 03:10:00 PM
This process might get most go the dirt out but scares me. I have used wood glue and did not clamp my work, after the glue dried I noticed the two pieces were separated a little more then the way I left them. I could be wrong but it seemed to me the glue expanded a little and if that is the case what would it do to the record groves. If you have a nice record collection, invest in a good vacuum machine.
Title: Re: Cleaning vinyl records with wood glue
Post by: shadowlord on November 08, 2013, 03:37:50 PM
what's keeping me from buying a vacuum based record cleaning machine is the high cost. The cheapest unit available here in Europe seems to be the oki nokki for 400 euros. I could probably re-buy half of my record collection for that.