Vinyl care
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I got this piece of shit on Amazon a few days ago. Not only is it a lot smaller than it looks in the picture (it's only like 4 inches) the bristles are really stiff. It feels like I'm scratching my records when I use it. I just sort of brush of the dust. I tried turning the table on and holding it across the radius of the record but that just leaves a line of dust where ever I stop. Also the bristles are so short that I actually scratch the records with the edge and I left a visible (I'm not sure if audible) scratch.
How am I supposed to take care of these damn things? Are the less fragile than I think they are? Some of my records are original pressings, expensive 180 gram masters, etc and I don't want to scratch them obviously.
What should I do?
Also whats the best way of cleaning them with out either buying a hundred dollar cleaning system or paying the guys at the record store? I tried the wood glue thing but it didn't work.
>>65180880
>I tried turning the table on and holding it across the radius of the record but that just leaves a line of dust where ever I stop.
Well you're supposed to brush it the fuck off after. How have you not yet figured out the concept of dust accumulation?
>>65180918
but then you scratch the record with the edge of the brush, it's impossible to brush across with out knicking the record some how
>>65180880
fucking retard
>>65180945
I think you're underestimating the strength of the fibers. You can brush perpendicular to them without anything happening.
I don't think you guys understand
maybe I'm not explaining it right
the bristles are too hard I think
but maybe not oh well
>>65181066
Stop being autistic and just brush the fucking record without your retard strength getting in the way.
>>65181066
the fucking needle is literally made of diamonds you fucking nigger, and it has about 1000 times more force at the tip of it than any of those bristles.
use your fucking brain dude
>>65180880
Use it parallel to the record as it's spinning but while slowly moving it to the edge of the vinyl to the dusk falls off the end
>>65180996
>underestimating
you mean overestimating
>>65181830
So you're illiterate too?
>>65181852
are you saying that the brush shouldn't be used, then ?
>>65181868
You're hopeless.
>>65181899
you clearly don't understand how language works
>>65181868
keep trying, this is fun
>>65181916
I major in English. You, you're just an idiot.
>>65181830
>>65181868
>>65181916
Can you believe this guy?
>>65181965
bruh he doesn't understand how a brush works just stop wasting your time
>>65181965
you're wasting a lot of time and money if you're majoring in english and can't even write a coherent sentence.
>>65181983
put your trip back on.
>>65182026
>he can't read post times either
How do you function?
>>65182052
by not being an idiot like you, that's how.
>>65181965
Damn, kid. Good luck doing anything with an English degree
>>65182072
You have no idea how much joy I'm getting out of the image of you staring at the brush in complete bewilderment because you just can't fathom how to use it.
>>65182076
I'm double majoring in Psych, don't worry.
>>65181066
thats how its supposed to be
>>65182117
>You have no idea how much joy I'm getting out of the image of you staring at the brush in complete bewilderment because you just can't fathom how to use it.
Not as much joy as I'm getting from the image of you going to your English classes and pretending you understand what's happening
>I'm double majoring in Psych, don't worry.
K E K
>>65182117
>I'm double majoring in Psychology, don't worry.
You must be majoring in humor as well!
>>65182174
See, if I had made any indication that I was bad at communicating, that might have been a decent retort. As it is, though, you're only further demonstrating your inability to understand basic sentences.
>>65182233
No, but I am a funny dude.
>>65182255
>No
This fuckin guy. The next Adam Sandler here, everybody. I said it first.
>>65182255
>I think you're underestimating the strength of the fibers. You can brush perpendicular to them without anything happening.
OP thinks the fibers are too stiff and scratch the record. You're saying they're even stiffer than OP thought, but somehow don't scratch the record. This logic makes absolutely no sense and I have no idea how you possibly don't understand this contradiction.
>>65182272
If Adam Sandler is a paragon of humor to you, you're already too far gone.
>>65182291
Vinyl is composed of fibers. The brush is composed of bristles. You're a complete moron.
>>65182337
>Vinyl is composed of fibers
[citation needed]
holy none you have actually used the brush correctly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQO4iPJYLwE
>>65182337
>Vinyl is composed of fibers
Like I said, next Adam Sandler
>>65182386
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAdxbEQBSAw
>>65182509
>different narrator
I really hate the episodes that don't feature the regular one
>>65182337
>>65182509
>This video calls it fibers
>so it must be fiber and Im so smart for saying
>everyone else is dumb for not knowing
The brushes *bristles* are also *composed* of fibers you retard. The interesting thing is that records are PRESSED, not strung out like a fiber, so *fiber* would be a completely asanine term.
>>65182602
Have you really never heard of cellulose fibers?
>The brushes *bristles* are also *composed* of fibers you retard.
Yeah, but you can't brush perpendicular to the brush itself. Do you really have this much trouble with contextual clues?
>>65182509
it doesn't even call them fibers you autist, did you watch the video?
>>65182767
Yes, the woman says it's coated with a nitrocellulose lacquer.
>>65182784
I'll repeat myself, did you watch the video?
>>65182847
Yes, the woman says it's coated with a nitrocellulose lacquer.
ITT: spergs calling other spergs spergs
>>65182683
Contextual clues don't excuse using the term "fiber" to describe record grooves. As far as anyone is concerned, 2 different sentences in a post on 4chan exist in a vacuum, you can't blame anybody for misunderstanding but yourself. I guess English majors teach you grammar, but not common sense
>>65182882
That's for the mold for the master, which is then pressed into the actual vinyl record. Thanks for proving yourself wrong.
>>65182896
What the fuck else besides the nitrocellulose fibers would he be concerned about scratching?
>>65182927
>Some of my records are original pressings, expensive 180 gram masters
>>65183047
Greentexting a scenario doesn't prove you right. Try again.
>>65183077
Come on, use your contextual clues.
>>65183047
>contextual clues
heres part of my post
>As far as anyone is concerned, 2 different sentences in a post on 4chan exist in a vacuum
take you're own advice
>>65183487
You pointed out that the nitrocellulose lacquer applied to the "mold for the master." Technically, the master is the mold; there isn't another mold for the master, so the coating is on the master itself. OP stated he owned the masters, so the coating would be on his copies. Regardless, even if OP was mistaken or misspoke, the metal disc would have been encased with either a shellac or polyvinyl biscuit. In both cases, the coating is comprised of fibers, which are what OP would be concerned with scratching.
>>65183047
Obviously OP doesn't actually have 180 gram masters because :
1. Masters aren't made at 180 gram weights because they aren't actual records
2. Masters can't be played on a record player because the grooves are made from soft lacquer, and therefore OP would have no reason to clean them
3. Lacquer masters are discarded after they're used
I'm really doubting that you even watched more than the first minute of the video you posted, or you would have noticed that what OP wrote was a clear error.
>>65180880
why don't you buy a better one you fucking dolt
Wow this thread went full retard quick. Good job for sticking to it lads.
>psychology and english
>spends his time shitposting instead of reading
lmao
>>65184282
My argument is consistent. It's not my fault OP fucked up.
>>65184846
I wasn't aware you were supposed to devote every second of your time to your practice.
>>65185180
It's your fault that you can't infer conclusions from context. If you really were the expert on vinyl records that you seem to think you are, then you would have understood this immediately.
>>65185401
The conclusion I inferred was that OP didn't know how to brush correctly, so I told him how.
>>65181965
>majoring in English.
It is as if you intended on having no job.
>>65187201
Better than having a job I dislike.
>>65186481
But you told him in an intentionally confusing way so you could act superior when you told others that it's their fault for not understanding.
>>65187344
How else would I have phrased it? >>65182896 suggested I say "grooves" instead of "fibers," but that wouldn't have made sense because grooves don't have strength. OP was worried about cutting the fibers (i.e. scratching the vinyl), so I told him he was underestimating their strength.
>>65187587
How about just the strength of the vinyl ? That would have been much more clear.
>>65187643
But brushing perpendicular to a circle (the vinyl) would be brushing tangent to it, which is what OP was already doing.
Brushes aside, i need to get some storage shelfs for my vinyls, or maybe like one of those portable ones. Anyone know where i can find a good one?
>>65188112
Like a record bag i mean.
>>65180945
Use the other side.
It doesn't scratch the record for me
I clean my records with steel wool and paint thinner like everyone told me to. Shit works perfectly. My VG+ copy of David Bowie's ST sounds AMAZING now.
>>65180880
>"180 gram masters"
please die
>>65187700
Vinyl is the material it's made from. How are you over-complicating this so much ? You obviously made an error, and you're going through an incredible amount of effort to make it seem like you didn't.
>>65188112
Why would you need portable storage for you records ? Do you have two different stereo systems at separate locations that you use regularly ?
>>65190406
For DJing
>>65191051
Ah, that makes sense.
