The only advantage I can see is being able to wash both sides at once. Otherwise, using the standard horizontal method with good fluid, brushes, and vacum will likely yield the same results. Since you have time to kill, I would suggest getting good rubber o-rings rather than washers. Every time I use my pressure washer I think about this possibility. Also, you will want to develop a filtering system for the solution so you are not washing in dirty solution. Keep us posted.
DIY Record Cleaner Project - Need ideas
Since I'm taking a "vacation" for a few months I thought I'd try to build a record cleaner. I've been looking at the popular VPI models and a few of the others, and I'd like to go in a different direction. I'd like to do a machine that holds the record vertical and actually submerges the record in the solution - not including the label of course. It seems like it would be easy enough to use two padded washers on a long bolt to hold the record and act as a spindle without damaging the label. With commercially available fluids that should work well and clean both sides of the record at once, and with a dual bath using distilled water, rinse them as well.
In this kind of a set up, what kind of brush would be appropriate to 'scrub' the records? I obviously don't want to scratch them.
Also, short of hauling a shop-vac into the kitchen (really bad WAF) how would I go about drying them?
Thanks!
In this kind of a set up, what kind of brush would be appropriate to 'scrub' the records? I obviously don't want to scratch them.
Also, short of hauling a shop-vac into the kitchen (really bad WAF) how would I go about drying them?
Thanks!