Allow it to air-dry overnight before using. Massage the pad and thoroughly rinse it, followed by a squeeze to remove moisture. To ensure this isn’t the case, regularly remove the pad and clean it by applying dish soap and distilled water. The downside of cloths for cleaning vinyl records is, of course, that a dirty cloth or pad could spread dirt and dust to the next record you clean. The microfiber cleaning pads should be cleaned regularly and occasionally replaced for best results. (If no longer available, they should be! I find they’re an invaluable investment). At the time of writing, I’m not sure if these are currently in stock or still in production. To avoid this, I highly recommend investing in a GrooveWashers acrylic display case to help contain your full display block and avoid airborne dust. When the materials are this good, it makes the sub-$100 price tag look like an absolute steal.Īirborne dust is a problem, of course, as any cleaning pads left next to your turntable are going to pick up dust over time. I’m a huge fan of high-quality natural materials, and the solid walnut cleaning handle and display block is a beautifully designed product that adds a touch of class to any turntable setup. It’s the ultimate turntable companion and your ticket to vinyl nirvana without breaking the bank. The Mondo kit unites GrooveWasher’s core products into an essential record care system with elegance and precision. Instead, I will focus on the package deal. I’ve been using G2 and SC1 as my main cleaning fluids for many years now, so I need no further convincing on their formula’s safety and effectiveness. The research and care taken over GrooveWasher’s cleaning fluids is a known entity for me. (Check out the before and after USB microscope images in our full review to see the full effect). GrooveWasher’s SC1 stylus kit is just as effective as their G2 fluid. Keeping your stylus clean is equally as important as maintaining a clean record collection, as the inevitable build-up of dust and grime on the diamond stylus tip will shorten its life, reduce fidelity, and potentially spread dirt to your clean records. (Again, for an overview on how to use GrooveWasher G2 effectively, check out our full-feature review). In general, most records will clean up nicely with little effort, but very dirty records may benefit from repeating the cleaning steps as outlined in the included instruction pamphlet. The G2 cleaning fluid review includes before and after audio samples of a very dirty used record I was able to restore using GrooveWasher’s formula and a little patience. For this review’s purpose, I will keep it brief and refer to the earlier articles. Simon, one or two people asked if you were able to import your tab delimited DiskTracker file successfully into DiskCatalogMaker but I haven’t seen you answer if you did or if was successful.In terms of results, I’ve reviewed both the G2 record fluid and the SC1 stylus cleaning kit extensively in the previous articles linked, respectively. Could be because I was including thumbnails to be created/included in the archives. I also tried back then (on same older imac running High Sierra) to archive disc by disc directly with DiskCatalogMaker however found it was taking way too long for each disc. I have a new iMac now with Catalina so I’ll try the process once again. However I don’t think it imported well as the listing was somewhat scrambled or gave an error. Following instructions I exported the DiskTracker file as tab delimited and imported to DiskCatalogMaker. And so I tried it (on the High Sierra iMac which I was then using at the office so that when the time came for upgrading to Catalina I would be good to go. I discovered DiscCatalogMaker which seemed nice with the ability to save associated files thumbnails which could aid in identifying files. I was quite disappointed to learn DiskTracker wasn’t updating/upgrading their software from way back then so only could be used up to Mac OSX High Sierra therefore not compatible with Catalina. Accumulated well over 350-400 discs over the years. I work in an advertising agency’s art department and was responsible for archiving discs of artwork burnt to CD/DVD discs in order to free up artists hardrive space and of course to archive and search for whenever. Add me to the list of longtime DiskTracker users.
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