Re: [ARSCLIST] vinyl disc cleaners

[Graham Newton <gn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Downs <dylanger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Does anyone out there have any recommendations or alternatives to cleaning
> discs with a monk cleaner?  are there other machines that would be of a
> similar professional archival quality?

Your muscle power operating the Disc Doctor's brushes and chemistry will do
as well as a Keith Monks record cleaning machine (RCM).

The Keith Monks RCM semi-automates the process, eliminating the elbow grease,
where you have a large quantity of records to be cleaned.

Jeffrey Kane <jeffkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said...
> Loricraft is certainly a viable option. I've not used a Monks machine so I
> can't speak to specific differences...

The Keith Monks machine is the "Cadillac" of cleaning machines... if you
can't afford a Keith Monks RCM, then buy what you can afford in this order...
they all work to a degree but each has increasing deficiencies that have been
engineered out of the Keith Monks machine:-

Lorricraft
VPI
Nitty-Gritty

If you have any questions about the differences, I'll be pleased to
answer them, otherwise see the Keith Monks "Archivist" machine on my
website at:-

http://audio-restoration.com/monks5.php

I will be pleased to provide a pdf file of the manual for the Keith Monks
Archivist machine for anyone who requests it (off list, please!)
It includes a few different cleaning chemistry suggestions that you can make
up yourself from readily available materials.




... Graham Newton, (North American agent for Keith Monks RCM's)

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Audio Restoration by Graham Newton, http://www.audio-restoration.com
World class professional services applied to tape or phonograph records for
consumers and re-releases, featuring CEDAR's new CAMBRIDGE processes.