Sort of a follow on to Rob's other post about other low cost brushes. I picked up one of these out of curiosity for about US$12. What got my interest was the middle brush which looks (and feels) quite like a VPI 16.5 brush. Haven't had the chance to give it a go yet. I was thinking of using it on the grubbier thirft store finds. Anyone tried one of these before?

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Jack

Jack

I use the VPI brush and love it. Man it really cleans the crap out of the grooves. give it a try but use alittle caution till you get used to it.

Grumpy

Hi Grumps,

Yep, agree on the VPI brush. Been using it for a while now.

This one is interesting though not just because the middle bit is so much like the VPI. What I can't figure out is, the bottle of fluid is only tiny, yet the brush is a good size and the two velvet pads too. See pic I pinced from another auction below which shows how it all fits together. Where to apply the fluid and how much?

Parastat ?

Any relation to Permastat, another English anti-static treatment ?

Permastat aka Perma-crap as it was not very stable and after 5-10 years leaves a horrible, very audible residue on the record.

Awful, awful stuff to be avoided unless you like your records to turn into krispie kookies.

:(

Mike w,

Nope. Don't have it in front of me but I'm pretty sure this was made by Watts of the dinky little dust bug fame.

Milty made the crappy Permostat. Have to confess :) ,I went through bottles of that stuff as well as rolls of the Pixall roller tape when i first started buying records. Wasn't easy on the ole pocket money either. I still shudder now when I see another Lp that has that dreaded little white sticker with red "p" on it.

I found that vigoruous scrubbing with VPI brush and fluid helps the record quite a bit but I leave the sticker on as a reminder never to do it again!

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Jack

I had a similar experience with Permastat.

:o

Th nice grey box, real glass bottle and red velvet pad/brush was just so classy, who was to know several years down the track most treated records would turn into landfill.

I too have kept the little stickers as a reminder not to put record treatments directly onto records again.

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