Reddit mentions of Vinyl Styl Deep Groove Record Washer System

Yep!

For anyone without a cleaning system out there, I use the vinylstyl spin cleaner with tergikleen and distilled water for my ever growing collection. And the vinyl vac for any dust/dog hairs before listening. Or for new records that have paper pieces lodged in them.

I much prefer the vinyl styl over the spinclean because it comes with a spinning clamp over the label and a stand to hold 15 drying records. And it's cheaper.

The best cleaning system I could put together in terms of bang for buck. The marked up "alcohol water" refill cleaning fluid is where these companies get people. More collectors should know about tergikleen.

Vinyl Styl makes the same sort of device for a bit cheaper. It's called the Deep Groove record washer. Looking on Amazon, there's also another similar device called the Big Fudge Record Friend, which seems more in line with the design of the Spin Clean.

But you could also go the Squeaky Clean RCM route if you want to get into vacuum cleaning instead. It'll run a little more and you need to provide a shop vac, but you won't have to clean in batches that way, and you can likely get a small, cheap shop vac for under 50 bucks at a hardware store or even Walmart.

I'm not /u/pyroglass, but I use one of those anti-static brushes you can get off Amazon. It supposedly cleans the grooves of the records better than a micro-fiber cloth. I usually use both. First the cloth for the "heavier" dust or such, then finish it off with the brush :)

Or you could just buy the vinyl washer... (yes such a thing exists). I've never cleaned my with and liquids. Too scared it'd harm the records.

The record can also be warped or scratched. Or maybe the weight on the arm that holds the cartridge/stylus needs to be adjusted? When I first got my record player the weight was too "back heavy" so the stylus would sometimes hover over the record for just a very brief moment but just enough for the stylus to jump out of the groove and do a little skip.

Its good I have it and have used it for the last two years but the new Vinyl Styl cleaner looks to be even better because it is modeled after the German Made Knosti, plus it comes with a drying rack. So it appears to have better functionality than the spin clean. Only addition you will need are some microfiber cloths to complete the drying process.

https://smile.amazon.com/Vinyl-Styl-Groove-Record-Washer/dp/B01M0LRLM5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492007033&sr=8-1&keywords=vinyl+style+record+cleaner

There's also vinyl styl cleaners that are a pretty good value.

only use tergitol
use a spin clean or a vinyl style spinner
use the "vinyl vac" to dry them
If you are rich then just get an ultrasonic machine
Links: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M0LRLM5/?coliid=IFR2TWKOM3D25&colid=1BXYRKCVI8SCN&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M0LRLM5/?coliid=IFR2TWKOM3D25&colid=1BXYRKCVI8SCN&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

https://www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Vac-33-Record-Attaches/dp/B014X2SXY0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1525745514&sr=1-1&keywords=vinyl+vac

Thoughts on vinyl-styl washer vs spin-clean? The vinyl-style seems like a better product, and it costs less than spin-clean, but spin clean seems like it's far more popular. Not sure if I'm missing something important, though.

https://www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Styl-Groove-Record-Washer/dp/B01M0LRLM5

Trying to decide on a record cleaner (and hopefully kill static). The obvious choice is the Spin Clean, but I've heard that some people have had issues with it and the brushes, leaving surface noise on the records. I also found this, which is very similar:

https://www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Styl-Groove-Record-Washer/dp/B01M0LRLM5/ref=pd_sbs_23_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01M0LRLM5&pd_rd_r=B5896DCX415ECAK13EDM&pd_rd_w=KiFln&pd_rd_wg=WP8Yn&psc=1&refRID=B5896DCX415ECAK13EDM

I like the fact that it has a drying rack too. Has anyone used one of these? And how does it stack up against the Spin Clean?

I was also looking at one of these vacuum things, but I don't know how thorough it would be compared to a wet cleaning.

https://www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Vac-Record-Vacuum-Attaches/dp/B014X2SXY0/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1492965447&sr=8-15&keywords=spin+clean