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CleanerVinyl-Ultrasonic record cleaner

I purchased a Cleanervinyl Pro recently and am very impressed with it! I have used vacuum style cleaners for many years. Last year I purchased a $3000.00 vacuum style record cleaner and thought that was about as good as I was going to get for cleaning records, but I was wrong. The CleanerVinyl Pro system cost me around $600.00, it is far superior to vacuum style cleaners. I took some lp’s that I couldn’t get fully clean with my Vacuum record cleaner and was able to get them clean with the CleanerVinyl system. You can see the crud that collects in the bottom of the machine, and these were already cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner.
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dgarretson
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IME much is gained by following US cleaning with a vacuum rather than air dry. The US machine removes crud, but also leaves loosened debris on the LP for extraction by the vacuuming. I start with 20 minutes in the Elmasonic, and end with a TergiKleen liquid brushing on the VPI 16.5 followed by six rotations with the vacuum wand. The last few rotations are completely dry-- which may cause consternation to some, but does no damage that I can hear.
dgarretson
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Slaw wrote:

" I forgot to plug in my Vinyl Stack after turning my 40khz US cleaner on for a 30 minute cycle. I was worried but could hear no damage."

I've also done this with a cheap Chinese US machine and experienced no damage.  But when I forgot to engage rotation in the German Elmasonic machine, after 15 minutes at 37khz the record melted at the inner grooves along the surface of the bath. I conclude from this that the Elma produces much more cavitation action than some of the other machines.  

dgarretson
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@slaw 

The potential issue is excessive heat, not force or pulsing action per se.  Keeping the LP in rotation and the bath temp below 45C addresses the heat issue. In addition, the Elma allows you to dial down the pulsing mechanism, if desired.  
dgarretson
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@dmgrant1 

It's an Elmasonic P60H.  It has several interesting features, including 37 and 80khz frequencies, de-gas, sweep, and pulse modes, and is quieter than the Chinese machines.

dgarretson
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@pryso 

I spent some time with steam cleaning in combination with a VPI 16.5.  The improvement with a good US + 16.5 wet vacuum is significant.

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