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Now i know that this has probably been discussed before but i cant find it.Now that my collection of vinyl has grown and i am looking to upgrade some components of my sound i think i need to buy a proper record cleaner.Ideas?I dont mind spending for the right equipment.Do second hand ones ever come up?

Knosti...you find it on ebay.de for chap price

easy to use , cheap and it work well!

Knosti Disco Antistat, cheap and best results. No Machine will clean better.

But its a old-fashionably tool




mark mantado

Sold then!

hey i'm sure that this expensive machine is one of the "best" solution...

But i had some great results with the small little Knosti too!
I remember when i bought my 7'' copy of Survivors - 3rd world rebellion , it was described as EX by a non-honest seller (better no write names) and when i recived it , the 7'' was in VG to VG- conditions....
I keep it in this way for 2 years and finaly my girlfriend gave me the Knosti for my birthday , i clean the survivor's 7'' and now it plays EX , surely , it's not the perfect machine but i think that for 40£ it woth a try.

About the labels...it's true , when you clean some 12'' the labels get a bit wet but when the wet get dry the label is like new...never ruin a label with mr.Knosti

I use Knosti, too. Although it looks like a toy, it can bring good results.
@Rootikalist: Do you prepare the fluid yourself or do you buy it?

Greetings,
I-Lion

This machine is like brush you "theeth".

About the labels: If the liquid is used to often and contain to much dirt from cleaned records, it can happen that the labels keep the dirt. And later after the records dried it show some clouds of dirt.

Be sure to change frequently the mixture and you will get realy good results.



mark mantado

By now i still have the first "disco.antistat MIXTURE" which was in the knosti set , to be honest it work great , in the bottom of the bottle there is like 1 cm of 40 years old jamaican dirty powder.I think i have to filter it.
If you clean records for 1 hour the smell of this disco.antistat get you a bit stoned...but can be nice
Anyway i see that this disco.antistat is "cheap" on ebay and i use it for 6 month and i still have more than half bottle , so i think that i'll take it again when the bottle will finish

the nitty gritty vacuum machines work well too

Rootikalist wrote:
If you clean records for 1 hour the smell of this disco.antistat get you a bit stoned...

Now you know why I like it that much )