Fold one of the microfiber cloths and use a corner of the cloth to mix the soap and water well.
Soap and distilled water clean vinyl record.
You will need dish soap a bowl warm distilled water or deionised water a lint free soft cloth a carbon fibre brush.
Clean your record gently.
Add about 1 2 inches of distilled water to the bowl or enough so the soap and water can be easily mixed.
This is a controversial ingredient is record cleaning solutions.
Avoid using rubbing alcohol to clean your records since it can damage your records.
It s had all the minerals removed.
I use only distilled water for cleaning my records.
Cleaning your damaged record cannot repair it.
How to cheaply clean your prized vinyl record.
Full disclosure here we will be covering only a few of the many homespun cleaning solutions you can find across the web.
Make sure the sponge fairly rinsed out but still has a decent amount of water and soap so that there is no excess water getting onto the vinyl surface then clean it with the soap.
Prepare the soap and water cleaning solution.
And it leaves no residue.
Whatever you do don t use tap water.
We provided a basic control group using tap water.
Make sure you use the lint free cloth.
You could use normal tap water instead of distilled water but it may leave mineral deposits in the grooves.
We iterated on this using the commonly suggested solution of distilled water dishwashing soap and isopropyl alcohol.
Homemade vinyl record cleaning solutions.
Okay okay we are getting to it.
I then immediately rinse out the sponge so it just has cold water on it with no soap clean the record again to make sure there is no residue of the fairy liquid.
So there s no chance of anything interfering with the vinyl.
Also avoid using only distilled water.