FEVICOL as Vinyl Cleaner !!!!

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bollywoodlpman said:
Where do we get these sleeves? What material are they made of exactly? I have a relative who manufactures flexible packaging material, i can ask him to manufacture a few hundred/thousand for me and members if they are intrested.
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If you have access to mfg. you can very well make your own inner sleeves. Show him/her the material (I think it is HD Plastic). Audiophiles prefer acid free paper or high quality plastic material, but when I see old mint quality vinyls which have survived probably 50/60 years in cheap paper sleeves I don't bother. I love some UK pressed vinyl inner sleeves in my collection which have thin but stiff paper sleeve laminated inside with plastic. They slip in and out of the album jacket nicely. See if you can manufacture that.
 
Acid-free paper is a conservancy thing. The acid in paper will attack the other materials close to it, including album labels and the outer sleeve; I doubt that it has any effect on vinyl. Of course, it is quite likely that the outer sleeve was not made with acid-free anyway!

In some cases, the inner sleeve was not just plain paper, but part of the package. Even when it was just advertising other lps from the same label, it was still part of the feel, in other cases it might have the lyrics printed on it.

What about plastic liners and static? thoughts?
 
bollywoodlpman said:
Yes, there are. All of them say "get it from xyz.com"
i would like to know what they are made of(inner sleeves), this will help me check if we could manufacture them here in India and save some $.
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I think they're made of polyethylene if I remember right. and some of hdpe high density polyethylene.

Regards
 
So i did this today. Now to begin with, i spread the fevicol un-evenly, then peeled off before it was completely dry.
Now i have a record with small patches of glue all over it which are impossible to remove by hand without damage to lp. What should i do? I am thinking to apply fevicol again and wait for longer time & expect that with new fevicol, older patches will come out too. Should i do that?
 
bollywoodlpman said:
So i did this today. Now to begin with, i spread the fevicol un-evenly, then peeled off before it was completely dry.
Now i have a record with small patches of glue all over it which are impossible to remove by hand without damage to lp. What should i do? I am thinking to apply fevicol again and wait for longer time & expect that with new fevicol, older patches will come out too. Should i do that?
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There are two types of Fevicol in the market Wood and Stationery.You should only use wood type,stationery glue would be difficult to remove.

Regards,
Sachin
 
bollywoodlpman said:
So i did this today. Now to begin with, i spread the fevicol un-evenly, then peeled off before it was completely dry.
Now i have a record with small patches of glue all over it which are impossible to remove by hand without damage to lp. What should i do? I am thinking to apply fevicol again and wait for longer time & expect that with new fevicol, older patches will come out too. Should i do that?
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Wash it with lukewarm water and do little scrubbing. Apply fevicol after drying again. I have cleaned atleast half a dozen LPs.
 
This requires some patience,but the results are worth it.
BTW has anyone tried using spirit(the one we get in medical shop) to clean the LP's? A friend suggested me to put some drops of spirit on dry cloth,then wipe the lp using this cloth, then wipe using dry cloth and thats it,takes only a few seconds.
 
bollywoodlpman said:
This requires some patience,but the results are worth it.
BTW has anyone tried using spirit(the one we get in medical shop) to clean the LP's? A friend suggested me to put some drops of spirit on dry cloth,then wipe the lp using this cloth, then wipe using dry cloth and thats it,takes only a few seconds.
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Please do not resort to this method. I would prefer to keep the vinyls dirty. Spirits can be harsh on vinyl surface & can irreversibly damage the grooves. Vinyls these days are expensive so resort to safer methods, though time taking.

Regards.
 
Vinyls these days are expensive
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And the old ones may be irreplaceable.

You can make your own cleaning solution from Isopropyl alcohol and water. I'm sure you can find instructions here (I think that is what I did) or else ask one of the TT/vinyl specialists.

Don't use "cloth" either. Use a purpose-made LP cleaning pad, or microfibre. I use microfibre
 
Isopropyl alcohol and distilled water in 1:5 ratio can be used to clean dirty records. Microfibre cloth is useful as a dry cleaner of the dust.
 
Isopropyl alcohol and distilled water in 1:5 ratio
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Thanks, I needed to refill my little misting bottle, and forgot the ratio.
Microfibre cloth is useful as a dry cleaner of the dust.
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Microfibre works well moist. In fact, it works better moist than wet. One of its great advantages is its ability to remove not just dust, but grease. It is such a wonderful material, that it is good for just about every cleaning job, whether it be car, kitchen, bathroom, living room, electronics --- or LP :D. I don't really use anything else and have such confidence in it I could almost be a salesman :lol:

It is always better to remove free dust before applying moisture. This is a general cleaning rule, because dust + moisture = mud, and mud is much harder to get rid of than dust.
 
I use distilled water with a few drops of Pril dish washing liquid and a little isopropyl alcohol. I leave it for 15 minutes and then use a microfibre brush ( meant for cleaning records) and run it around several times. Then wash it all off under a strong jet of water and drip dry it for about 2 minutes. Then pour over demineralised water ( or distilled water) on both sides to remove the tap water. I wipe it dry with a lint free cloth and let it stay that way in still air for about 15 minutes. Then the disc goes into a fresh new HDPE sleeve !
I have bought sleeves from Bagsunlimited.com .
I'm sure someone can make it here but who will do it ? Maybe a group buy will get us what we want. 100 FM's and 100 nos each is 10,000/- ! Should interest someone !

I've used fevicol decades ago after reading about it in mags and also seeing it reported on the Net.Basically it was just PVA glue used for woodwork. At that time peeling off the fevicol was a bit problematic though it did come off eventually. It appeared to leave a lot of static charge ! Never did it since. Good if your records don't come clean using the plain liquid method. If sections of glue don't come off, you need to reapply a new layer all over again ! Always try first on low value records to get used to it.
 
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