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Has anyone tried using commercial anti static sprays to clean, eliminate static and prevent future buildup?
I'm always cautious about buying products market to a specific (niche) market, especially when there re products marketed for industry.
A few products I'm considering trying are Plast-n-Glass, Ambersil and RS Pro (own brand) - they are formulated for use in PCB manufacture and claim to be plastic/PVC safe. -
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I live in western Canada which mostly has long, dry winters. Sprays are great for cleaning records, I've been using Canadian-Made VinylCat since my last bottle of RCA D3+ ran out, but for static you need a Milty Zerostat 3.
He's a random video google recommended for me with an old audio head talking about his Zerostat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJ3QisojeU
After a deep clean I hit my records with the Milty and then put them in new MoFis or equivalents, and I use the Milty to deal with seasonal static buildup as needed while spinning tunes. Highly recommend it! -
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Cheers Devin,
I've just received and going through testing (with my very hi tech electrostatic meter (roll of toilet tissue)) a vintage Zerostat (red, metal casing). I do see a significant drop off in ESC but it's not all gone. People with more scientific measuring equipment compare the Zerostats to another device that retails for about x5 the price of a Milty, but they still record a low ESC but with the expensive discharger, it's all gone.
My own cleaning solution is very good at eliminating static, I use quality anti-static liners so my process is pretty thorough, I'm just thinking of adding antistatic spray into the mix. -
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An in depth resource for vinyl cleaning can be found at www.thevinylpress.com in Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records-3rd Edition a able guide (manual). One of the last chapters involves removing static from records. I have lately been using Swiffer Dusters (not kidding) with great results. I dislike the idea of spraying anything onto my lp’s that might leave residue on the vinyl. -
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I've developed my cleaning process to eliminate most static and it seems to be working.
I use 4 to 7 stage process depending on the cleanliness of the vinyl:
1/ cleanest - dust specs (as new disc) - use 1/3 ratio of denatured alcohol/denatured water. brush on, vac off. place in rack to dry. Zap with zerostat, place in anti static sleeve.
2/ with finger marks - as above with the addition of a wash and rinse stage. On the vac., with solution of 1/3 alcohol water, plus a few drops of suffactant and pure soap. Rinse with a solution of distilled vinegar and denatured water
3/ caked discs - as above with prewash/soak in Knosti cleaner.
Am currently experimenting with warm water for very dirty records (have researched ing steam, but seems a little extreme).
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An in depth resource for vinyl cleaning can be found at www.thevinylpress.com in Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records-3rd Edition a able guide (manual). One of the last chapters involves removing static from records. I have lately been using Swiffer Dusters (not kidding) with great results. I dislike the idea of spraying anything onto my lp’s that might leave residue on the vinyl.
Interesting LoC recomends using compressed air. I had to send out a couple of 45s that had been wet cleaned a while ago but had picked up dust. I didn't have time to give then a re-clean so I grabbed them and gave them a blow with my air compressor. It did a really good job and the customer was really happy with the records cleanliness.
I'm going to add the compressor to the process.
Accedi Devi effettuare l'accesso per poter scrivere.