Cleaning records with GLUE? Crazy!

[Lex]

This may not be new to some of you, but I had never seen it, came across it by accident. Cleaning your records with glue.

https://youtu.be/Z61k5UAWev8

[wkhanna]

been around for a while, actually.
and no, i do not recommend the process.

i have read some technical articles recently & it seems the latest trend towards ultrasonic cleaning may be one of the most effective yet.

[Alaric]

I'm not a fan of the glue method , either. I just don't trust that the chemicals involved won't come back to bite the vinyl later. Silly Putty , on the other hand.....

[wkhanna]

my current favorite:

[Alaric]

my current favorite:

I like these for getting the chunks out of the grooves.

[wkhanna]

and for really deep grunge typical in dumpster-diving finds:

[Alaric]

Or the thrift store gems! This is escalating quickly! :rofl:

[wkhanna]

for the junk my friends naive about vinyl give me.......

well, my cousin, Auda abu Tayi has the perfect solution:

[wkhanna]

See.....even us arabs have a sense of humour

[Alaric]

I'm...I'm...blown away! 8O

"And the Winner is...The Vinyl Curmudgeon himself! wkhanna!" Bill , this has been way too much fun for an old guy to have with his pants on. :rofl: