What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck??


 

From the $3500 rigs down to the $400-$600 rigs on Amazon which have you used, and think do the best job?

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I use this stuff made buy Bugtussel called Vinyl -Zyme Gold. I find it to work really ,really well. Been using it for many years ,like 20 and it never ceases to amaze me. 

My wife and I just went to AXPONA 23, and I saw the Kirmuss demonstration, and I am saving for his system. not high cost, and it looks effective based on his experience. I am sold. Maybe a used on on ebabe.

I started with Spin Clean but found the results marginal at best.

Next step up was the https://squeakycleanvinyl.com/ system which is a vacuum system using the shop vac of your choice. At $175 CAD it’s a serious bang for the buck cleaner.

I still use the Squeaky Clean but in conjunction with a Vinyl Stack ULTRA and a 6L ultrasonic tank. The ultrasonic system was about $600 CAD but still a contender for bang for the buck in the US space. Sadly the Vinyl Stack folks have retired and no longer supply the system.

You're gonna laugh but after using everything from spin clean to an ultrasonic cleaner fitted with a spinning motor, my favorite, most effect cleaner is without a double the Vinyl Vac. I wet clean the record with a Mofi brunsh, then, while still wet, Vac up all the gunk. I let it try, hit it with a carbon fiber anti stain brush, and it's done. Now I only break out the ultrasonic for old, used and abused vinyl.

It's only $30 on Amazon. Sounds overpriced for what it is, but it works incredibly well, and it's the best bang-for-buck cleaner out there, imho.