Wayne Crozier
Well-Known Member
just one other thought/opinion from me, I`ve noticed a few mentions of record cleaners in a few posts. `lover of great music` points out that he put his new set through his, but I`m curious as to why you guys do that, because these are brand new vinyls received sealed, so they shouldn't need `cleaning`
All of the new vinyls I have had have debris from the pressing process whether that be a layer of material that needs cleaning off or muck from the pressing machine, this is just par for the course with new vinyl. Even MFSL vinyl has a sheen left over from the pressing process like a layer of lacquer that needs removing by wet machine cleaning. Apologies I don’t know the technical terms for this debris, but it is very common. When you buy new vinyl it will be very dirty in the most part as they don’t deep clean the vinyl after pressing it. I have read somewhere an in-depth discussion on this very subject and it is widely known that Records will need some level of cleaning and attention when you have removed them from the plastic of paper sleeves. New records can have debris in the grooves that can affect the stylus and therefore it is best to clean new pressings .
It mentions it here
Why You Should Clean New Vinyl Records - Sound Matters
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