Record cleaning is fun now!

[Todd R]

I just tried out my new Orbitrac 2 tonight, what a neat little product.

Check it out......

You get 2 bottles of cleaning fluid, 4 pads to rest your record on, The cleaner handle, 2 cleaning pads and a cleaning brush.

Snap the pad onto the handle

Lay the mats out

Place your record on the mat

Spray the pad with the cleaning fluid

Spin the handle round & round

Use the cleaning brush to remove the dirt from the pad

Wheeee
Wasn't that fun?

You can use the Orbitrac as your primary cleaner or as a pre-cleaner before putting a filthy record on you record Vacuum.

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[max-9]

Wheeee
Wasn't that fun?

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I just inherited over 1000 78 rpms...wanna have some more fun?

 

[Todd R]

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Originally Posted by Todd R Wheeee Wasn't that fun? QUOTE] I just inherited over 1000 78 rpms...wanna have some more fun?

even fun has it's limits

 

[shesmylovernow]

Where can one buy this product?

 

[fewtch]

Where does the Orbitrac fit in? Seems like it wouldn't clean well enough for extremely dirty records (thrift shop level), but is too much for well kept LPs that have already been thoroughly cleaned once, and just need a whack with a carbon fibre brush in between plays.

Edit -- I notice you explained it near the end of your post already, still sort of hard to see where it would be used regularly.

 

[Oddball]

Mine only came with two, not four pads.

 

[MuZI]

Now if only this process was battery opperated.

 

[JT107]

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Originally Posted by shesmylovernow Where can one buy this product?

I got mine from Music Direct

 

[JT107]

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Originally Posted by Oddball Mine only came with two, not four pads.

It should come with 2 cleaning pads,and 4 rubber pads to hold the record

 

[Todd R]

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Originally Posted by fewtch Where does the Orbitrac fit in? Seems like it wouldn't clean well enough for extremely dirty records (thrift shop level), but is too much for well kept LPs that have already been thoroughly cleaned once, and just need a whack with a carbon fibre brush in between plays. Edit -- I notice you explained it near the end of your post already, still sort of hard to see where it would be used regularly.

You could use it any way you like I suppose, (it was doing a very good job on the dirty records BTW).
Since you can snap in a different pad in about 2 seconds you could have a pad for the nasty thrift store records and another pad for your not so dirty records (or as a second step cleaning after you get the major dirt off those thrift shop records).

Personally I use an Audioquest carbon fiber record brush just before playing each side anyway.

 

[Mr.PD]

I have one of those things.
The pads on mine are now too dirty to use anymore. Has anyone tried washing the pads?

Oh, yes Todd, the gadget is kind of fun to use.

 

[bhd812]

Hey Todd I was having some Fun today to...

only I was having alittle different way of having my kicks...




Though the 5 records I did clean today were all dud's!!

yuck, waste of the bug juice!

 

[Todd R]

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Originally Posted by bhd812 Hey Todd I was having some Fun today to... only I was having alittle different way of having my kicks... Though the 5 records I did clean today were all dud's!! yuck, waste of the bug juice!

Don't ya hate that when it happens?
If I find a questionable one, sometimes I'll play a track to make sure it's worth the time to clean.

 

[Oddball]

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Originally Posted by JT107 It should come with 2 cleaning pads,and 4 rubber pads to hold the record

Then I guess that I'm missing two rubber pads. I was always wondering about that...

But cleaning vinyl is fun. I don't know why, but it's fun. Maybe it's the cleaning solution fumes.

 

[Todd R]

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Originally Posted by Oddball Then I guess that I'm missing two rubber pads. I was always wondering about that... But cleaning vinyl is fun. I don't know why, but it's fun. Maybe it's the cleaning solution fumes.

Lift the black tray out of the case, the other 2 are in the bottom.