[Jukebox-list] Re: How to clean those records?

[Bob Ellingson]

At 10:01 PM 9/27/2007 +0200, you wrote:
>Great tip about the paint pads! I'll get some tomorrow,
>The problem with most brushes is that is bristles are too long, so you  
>have to cut them down.
>For now I'll stick with the dishwashing fluid. This has worked for me  
>for more than 24 years. The records I treated then are still fine. I  
>contrary to the CD's I bought back then. About half of them won't even  
>start, and the other half has bad ticks half way! Makes you think about  
>vinyl as the ultimate archiving material, huh?

I don't think vinyl was ever intended to be the "ultimate archiving material".
I think it was intended to allow easy mass-production of recorded sound, i.e.
the whole thing could be pressed at once, rather than being cut or impressed
along the length of the groove.  The durability was undoubtedly going to be
longer than the popularity of most songs, and didn't need to be longer from
a commercial standpoint.

--Bob
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