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Best DRYING cloth for vinyl?

I have been cleaning my LP's w/ my VPI 16.5, and choosing to cloth dry them. I have been satisfied with the Spin-Clean wipes, which are machine washable. I have found after a few washes, they start to shed some some fabric, which does easily dust off. I then put my LP's in a drying rack, which I bought from staples. This wasn't made for LP's, but it's the perfect size, was $14.00, and holds 10 LP's. Any thoughts on a better cloth, or leave well enough alone? The Spin Clean cloths are available for $15 through Acoustic Sounds, as well as some other retailers.
fjn04
sidssp
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In my experience, the best drying cloth for vinyl is no drying cloth at all. If you wash vinyl with distilled water, you can just let it air dry.
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goheelz
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Unreal. Why in the world are you choosing to hand-dry LPs when the VPI 16.5 will do it automatically and leave zero lint? Too much time on one's hands?
czarivey
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I use one from Autozone for buffing treated with anti-static spray.
saki70
907 posts
 
I agree with Goheelz . Any type of cloth or contact risks
pushing the any residue back into the record . Isn't that
why we use a vacuum ?

Happy Tunes
fjn04 OP
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"In my experience, the best drying cloth for vinyl is no drying cloth at all. If you wash vinyl with distilled water, you can just let it air dry."

**I use either Audio Intelligent #6 one step, or on some, a combo of #6 and distilled water. I dry them VERY gently, while the VPI is spinning. Then of course, they are air dried in the drying rack. **

"I use one from Autozone for buffing treated with anti-static spray."

**Yes- STATIC. One of the few reasons I am running the VPI 16 sans Vacuum. The other is I do it at a time when I can't have the noise of the VPI.**

"Any type of cloth or contact risks pushing the any residue back into the record . Isn't that why we use a vacuum"

** This certainly makes sense, but the water is immediately absorbed with the linen/diaper like SC cloth. I'm certainly no guru on the subject, so I will seek out more advice on this. FWIW, I have been very pleased with the results using this process. Cheer -Don
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