The Agony of Surface Noise

[andrew ivimey]

'recon' do you Greg, recon what ? ! closet spell checker are we!

Originally Posted by Dave_The_Vinyl_Junkie

Just bumping this thread up again...

I got a call from a friend this morning who's been trying the L'Art Du Son cleaning fluid which Loricraft sell.

He's been trying it out on some fairly manky CFP pressings (Classics for Pleasure) and says that each and every one, after cleaning, has been virtually silent. Previously, both of us have been using isopropyl-based stuff and we've found that whilst it improves surface noise, quite a lot of the time some ticks and pops still hang around - I'd put this down to groove damage.

I'm going to try it for myself, and will report back the results here.

One bottle makes 5 litres, which is apparently good for about 500 LP's (use distilled water to dilute it). At £28 per bottle, that sounds like good value to me.

Where can it be bought?
Thanx.

[david counter]

it's on ebay quite often

[Clive]

Much as it goes aganist the grain to recommend a Russ Andrews product, I find his ReVive fluid works better for me than Art Du Son. Both are good I find Revive better but it could be that cleaning with Art Du Son and later with ReVive has worked on different contamination.

One thing to watch about Art Du Son is that it is bio-degradable. Great for the environment and I'm very much for that, but you may not have finished using 5 litres before it bio-degrades, mine went mouldy.

So, Russ' product may look more expensive but it does last.

[Greg.]

Hi Clive,

I store the concentrate in the fridge and mix up 500mls at a time also kept in the fridge. It seems to last well there. A few flecks of something seem to grow in the solution after a while but are dispersed with a good shake and the product info refers to this as not being a problem.......I reckon

Best wishes,

Greg

[Dave_The_Vinyl_Junkie]

Originally Posted by graeme

Where can it be bought?
Thanx.

Origin Live and Audiophile Candy sell it, or Loricraft themselves:

http://www.garrard501.com/prc2.html

[rickychance]

Hi, I use a Moth record cleaning machine to great effect too. The solution I use is a mixture of purified water & Isopropyl alcohol. For any day-to-day static build up & dust I use the Goldring exstatic brush. I found the zerostsat anti-static gun pretty useless, though funnily it works well with CD. Also to get rid of day-to-day dust I've used a can of air spray & the best anti-static device I've used post cleaning is a can of anti-static spray from Maplins. Very good stuff & leaves no residue too.

[Clive]

Originally Posted by Greg.

A few flecks of something seem to grow in the solution after a while but are dispersed with a good shake and the product info refers to this as not being a problem

Hi Greg,

It quite possible that the flecks (or lumps of mould I found) are ok but given how most of us go to great lengths to use pure water, to then add decomposing bio-matter seems a little....err, strange. If you use cleaning fluid frequently or do a lot of records at once there won't be an issue. Maybe I'm just being over-cautious.

Cheers,

Clive

[Primalsea]

Originally Posted by Clive

Much as it goes aganist the grain to recommend a Russ Andrews product

Yeah,

What is it with Russ Andrews, I have always had a bad feeling about his stuff. I have heard good things in mags and some good things on the web but I have read a lot of bad things on the web as well. This has turned me off from buying anything from them.

[Clive]

Originally Posted by Primalsea

Yeah,

What is it with Russ Andrews, I have always had a bad feeling about his stuff. I have heard good things in mags and some good things on the web but I have read a lot of bad things on the web as well. This has turned me off from buying anything from them.

From my perspective RA is a very strong marketing machine, most of the stuff they sell is good but a lot of it seems over-priced and over-hyped.