Maybe a lot of people clean vinyl records with magic erasers.
Magic eraser vinyl records.
It s much too abrasive.
For you records be my guest.
Clean magic eraser would be good way to clean you stylus.
Though the magic eraser will indeed scratch any surface if used hard enough and long enough it is a great tool to clean a vinyl lp.
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I have to say i m quite impressed with using the wet magic eraser on some of my cracklier lp s it has done a really nice job of cleaning up the nastier crackle on the couple of lp s i tried it on obviously doesn t do anything for deeper scratches but seems to work well on the surface stuff.
The scratching that will occur is minor compared to damage caused by playing the record dirty or using a felt cleaner.
And yes it sounds as horrible as it looks.
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Rubbing alcohol is also a bad idea especially on styrene 45 s.
The stylus will have to be replaced on occasion but in between replacements you can keep it clean with a stylus brush or mr clean magic erasers.
I seem to have a bit of a problem with distortion on 70 of the records in my collection so i thought maybe that the magic eraser would help.
I suppose with trashed records it won t make a difference.
Hi guys i read on the other forums that mr.
Magic erasers can be well magic.
I have also seen the effects of acetone on vinyl somewhere i have an old beatles record with my sisters thumbprint permanently melted into the grooves.
You would need a electron microscope to see any scratches a stylus will not pickup scratches this tiny.
I suggest keeping it away from mint and or valuable records wendell.
Bought 7 pack of magic erasers at kroger the other day for 8 can confirm they re awesome.
But before you get cleaning here are 10 things you should avoid when using a magic eraser.
The magic eraser material is much stronger than vinyl you ll basically be sanding your records like you d do on wood with sand paper.
The magic eraser is a fine product but in my opinion not for records.
For mine no way.
I m just saying it sort of you know defies logic.
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The versatile cleaning tool helps you remove residue from old stickers clean marks from the wall and remove dirt and grim from a variety of surfaces.
They are also sometimes able to reduce remove ink from record jackets typically ones with a more glossy type finish.
