Cleaning Dubs

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:11 pm

does anyone know, maybe from the cutting engineers themselves, the best way to clean both acetate and vinyl dubs?

got a couple with a bit of dust on, and I dont want to degrade!

dubstepper · Post by **dubstepper** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:15 pm

i think n-type uses soapy water to clean his dubs. that or cleaning fluid i would have thought would do the job. the comment about having some dust on them made me crack up, every record gets dust on it man. But i must say i'm a bit of a fanny when it comes to dust on my vinyl. i hate puttin a clean plate on the deck first time 100% fresh and clean only to take it off and have some dust on it. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:29 pm

Dubstepper wrote:i think n-type uses soapy water to clean his dubs. that or cleaning fluid i would have thought would do the job. the comment about having some dust on them made me crack up, every record gets dust on it man. But i must say i'm a bit of a fanny when it comes to dust on my vinyl. i hate puttin a clean plate on the deck first time 100% fresh and clean only to take it off and have some dust on it. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

me and my room of records realise all records get dust on them.. its a bit different with lower output records which you desperately dont want to damage in the slightest though coz they cost you 35 quid a pop!

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:35 pm

ionised water on the acetates, def not anything stronger or lighter fluid! Any normal record cleaner fluid should be ok on the PVC ones.

tobo · Post by **tobo** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:36 pm

search first;

cleaning records

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:49 pm

search first;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubplate

d-code · Post by **d-code** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:02 pm

i remember ntype saying water and a shammy leather?

lukki · Post by **lukki** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:10 pm

3m microfiber towels and water. I havent taken a chemical to my records or dubs in like 6 years. Saves me $ and time, as you can do this on the fly at any show...

lukki · Post by **lukki** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:12 pm

3m microfiber towels and water. I havent taken a chemical to my records or dubs in like 6 years. Saves me $ and time, as you can do this on the fly at any show...

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:28 pm

What u wanna do is,
slap em in the sink with a bit of fairy liquid,get a bit of wire wool and scrub them.
u can use sandpaper as well.once youve done this wipe a layer of metholated spirit over them.
I find this method is by far the best.
theyll sound grand.

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