We Vinyl Ultrasonic or Vacuum Cleaner?
I have been working at rebuilding my Windham Hill collection. Many times I can find sealed copies versus used. My preference is for sealed if the price is sane.
The question is with new copies, is there any advantage of running them through a CleanerVinyl 132kHz ultrasonic tank versus my OkkiNokki vacuum cleaner?
Any thoughts on the subject are appreciated.
Thanks @willy-t What do you think of this idea- Use the Degritter Mark II first then, instead of a rotisserie dryer, use the Loricraft to suck the grooves dry. Would that accomplish the best of both worlds for cleaning and drying? The Loricraft would turn into an expensive pump drier but it would reduce the overall cleaning time and the record is ready to play. |
@vinylshadow The downside of that sequence is that the record is wet on both sides when you place it on the Loricraft platter. You dry the top side, flip it over and it lands on the wet platter, and gets wet again! I have gone as far as using cork platter mats (left over from my days with a VPI 16.5) to have a dry surface to place on the platter for drying the second side, but it gets messy. That's one of the reasons why I use the Loricraft before the Degritter. |
FYI - Cavitation can damage a record; what protects the record from damage is the rotation that cannot be too slow (less than about 1-rpm) otherwise there can be damage depending on the UT machine kHz and power. The implosion event produces a high velocity jet that is one of the mechanisms by which is cleans. Please see this video that is a computer-generated simulation of the cavitation event - Inertial collapse of a single bubble near a solid surface - Bing video. Pay attention to the pressures and temperatures (which are theoretical) associated with the implosion event. There is a lot of energy with the event. Also see this video beginning about 6:18 which photographed the cavitation/implosion event showing the jet - Cavitation - Easily explained! |
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@dogberry Makes sense! How do you handle the complete drying of the record. Seems that you're getting into 30 minute territory per record? |
