I just wanted to give my thanks to the forum for turning me on to two techniques that have made my vinyl experience much more satisfying. I've only recently brought my TT and vinyl out of storage, although I've been longing to for years. Well, I was rather disappointed at the amount of sibilance and inner groove distortion I was hearing, and I was also unhappy that my trusty old Discwasher D4 was hopelessly inadequate in cleaning up eBay LP purchases.

I bought a Magic Eraser, used it on my stylus a few times with not much change. Then, one day, I saw a tiny little black dot on the eraser... and no more sibilance! :banana:

Then, I decided to put to good use the container of wood glue I bought a few months to fix a drawer, using about 10 drops out of 16 oz or so. So far, I've turned about three albums from "unlistenable" to "very good," and about four from "noisy" to "pristine." Unbelievable!

So, I just wanted to say "thanks" for all the experimentation and sharing of information that leads to these practical and inexpensive improvements to our enjoyment of music. :thmbsp:

It's all part of sharing the love on this forum. If you really start picking up Lp's in mass, think about getting a proper record cleaning machine. Many have fabricated their own, or use small batch methods like you are doing, but the glue I would only do for worst case scenarios on records that are beyond a good scrubbing (not for fear of hurting the vinyl, but wood glue isn't cheap in bulk, and is sooooo time consuming). I have the VPI 16.5 and can rip through abiout 10lp's and hour (and I am anal about my process). Do that for one hour per day and I could be through my collection in about a year:thmbsp:.

James R.

About a year ago, I was under the impression that cleaning vinyl was using a Discwasher brush. I left vinyl in the era that carbon fibre brushes were just "invented" and were unpopular as people thought they would scratch the vinyl. Washing the LPs was also not even conceivable.

Here, I realized what it means to properly clean the LPs, attained a level of appreciation for vintage designs that have yet to be improved upon and understand that I have still a lot to learn.

So, I hope you will forgive me if I "highjack" your thread to offer my thanks as well to the many people here that have helped me understand and enjoy audio.