Debunking record cleaning myths ... | rare vinyl records | vinyl care | vinyl record cleaning

Join Steve Evans (Perfect Vinyl Forever) and me, your lovable host, as we -- Steve - debunk some of the myths around record care and cleaning that have been cropping up on YouTube. It's a long one, but well worth the time!

The past few months have seen a ton of videos around this subject, with an overload of information being presented. In this video, Steve and I take a look at some of the stories floating around and putting the proper context to them.

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For context, here's a link to the 1st episode with PVF on SonicFlare:
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00:00 Introduction
03:23 What's the story?
11:15 New products, new ultrasonic cleaners?
15:00 Reviewers - what's the point of reference?
23:44 The first reaction - WOW?
31:30 The basics: a cleaning brush!
32:30 Ultrasonic record cleaning machines, what are they?
41:01 The PVF process
55:28 Cartridge sensitivities
58:09 Ultrasonic frequencies
01:05:35 The downside of surfactants
01:15:04 Quality of water?
01:25:01 Q&A - the distance between records? Whaaaaaaat???
01:30:15 PVF part III? Yes, pre-announcement of the newest episode!

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Thanks for watching the video debunking record cleaning myths!

A couple of helpful links:

PVF:
www.perfectvinylforever.com

Precision Aqueous Cleaning of vinyl records:
https://thevinylpress.com/category/cl...

https://thevinylpress.com/there-is-no...

PH water balance tester:
https://www.amazon.com/PH-Accuracy-Te...

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Tester...

Sound frequency and wavelength calculator:
https://www.translatorscafe.com/unit-...

Speed of sound calculator:
https://www.omnicalculator.com/physic...

https://www.calculatoratoz.com/en/vel...

DS Audio
https://ds-audio-w.biz/info_optical_c...

Huminguru US cleaner:
https://humminguru.com

Degritter 2.0 US cleaner:
https://degritter.com

Ramar record brush:
https://ramar.berlin/en/