What is the best way to clean albums?

[Hardbopjazz]

It's so many years now since Vinyl ruled the music world, and most of my old albums I've upgraded to CD's. But, the ones that have not made there way to CD's, what should be used to clean them? I remember having a kind of lint brush that I would use, but long gone. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[Claude]

Tom,

Check the LP Laundry discussion in this forum.

For sweeping the dust from the record just before playing, special brushes with soft thin hair are the best in my view. They can still be found in music shops (where LPs are getting more popular again).

Edited February 14, 2004 by Claude

[Hardbopjazz]

Thanks, I notcies the thread after I posted mine.

[patricia]

Thanks, I notcies the thread after I posted mine.

Those little circular brushes work fine, in conjunction with the general care most of us who love vinyl take handling the records we have.

Because I was raised by a dad who was meticulous with his jazz, I was always told to take them out of their covers, by the edge and label, play one at a time and re-sleeve them, immediatly after playing them. As a result, all the records I bought new, stayed immaculate.

These days, because my acquistions are used, the problem becomes how to best rehabilitate them, quite often. That is when the picture gets complicated. I guess that careful inspection of the record starts the process. I reject any with visible scratches or hard wear. No way to revive those.

Obvious dirt is handled in various ways, as outlined on the other thread. My method is not the best, apparantly, so try the other suggestions.