Spin-Clean Record Washer Kit | Vinyl Record Cleaner | Alcohol-Free Solution | Snap-in Rollers | Wedge-Fit Brushes | 2 Lint-Free Drying Cloths | Perfect for 33, 48 & 78 RPM

So I have a little over 300 records ranging from new and/or un-valuable everyday records all the way up to sealed 1st presses and "White Label" promos and rare pressings. But the thing I had never invested in was a RCM. I had collected many records that visually looked great but upon play were full of static, pops, and crackles to the point of being un-listenable. Most recently I had found a first pressing of Pink Floyd "Animals" for super cheap that was so full of static I couldn't listen to more than 3 minutes of it. I buy records online, via garage sales, books stores, record shops, and anywhere else I can hunt down what I'm looking for for the best $$$. Many are dusty, stored in their original paper or cardboard sleeves, and just overall haven't lived a sheltered life (I prefer original/vintage records when possible which doesnt help). After becoming extremely frustrated when I got about 7 out of 10 records with an unacceptable amount of noise I decided I needed to do something about it. I had been planning to buy a new phono cartridge, but decided before I went and invested $100s in a new cartridge upgrade, maybe I needed to upgrade to something more effective at cleaning my collection than my hand washing and micro fiber towel method since I buy all these previously loved records and it wasnt measuring up!! Enter the Spin Clean. I want to buy an ultrasonic cleaner soon but figured this would at least tell me if some of these records were salvageable. So I ordered it, got it in, and immediately tackled my most severe records. Here are my finds after cleaning most of my records and now months of use: 1) Don't use the rags. They leave lint behind! Get yourself a drying rack (dish rack will do if you are careful and deliberate. 2) Throw out the Spin Clean cleaner and buy you a bottle of TERGIKLEEN!! That stuff saves this cleaner! It makes it way more effective and for $30 you can make 30 gallons! 3) Use distilled water. I tried first using highly filtered water from my water machine but it left spots if not wiped off immediately. 4) Wash about 10 records in a row and let them drip dry! After you wash 10, go back and remove droplets of water with the rags. This allows you to wash more records without soaking your rags and not having to stop as much. 5) If you have records that have not been cleaned in a long time only do 10-15 max then change water as the water gets murky and there will be dusty silk in the bottom of the bin you could stir up. 6) SUUUUUPER crackly records may require 2 sessions to get all the static out. 7) Finally spin records 2 times each way then leave sit for 3 mins. Now spin the 6 times each way and back 2 times the other. 8) Now rinse the Tergikleen off with a squirter bottle, clean the Spin Clean out, squeeze out the brushes and fill with distilled water and run each record through a rinse bath. 3 times each way. 9) Set in drying rack to drip dry then once complete re-sleeve and store. So what has the outcome been. Well I am happy to report all my records became near quiet (you will never get complete silence) and even my worst ones became close to new. After doing them there was a brown silt in the bottom and they gleamed like new. Also my stylus hasn't needed cleaned NEARLY as often. So in conclusion, it may require a bit of trial and error, along with a better cleaning solution but this system works so well I even bought a second so I can have a wash AND a rinse one. This little gadget has saved my records and breathed life into records I thought were goners. Just today I bought a 48 year old "White Label" Promo that was extra noisy. After running it through this, it is as good as new records I own (As far as noise). So while other more expensive methods might work better; this is enough for most. Buy it and clean all your records, they will sound better, last longer, and save damage to your equipment. Now I can move forward with a nicer cartridge knowing my records are all clean and sounding their best!! Worth every penny!!!

I purchased this through Amazon-I'm in the midst of a Home Theater/Audiophile revival, and in so doing I pulled out my last two remaining milk cartons of old vinyl- that have survived four states of moving, three non-air conditioned garages, two wives (!), and one hell of a set of memories to relive by cleaning them up and ripping them to 24/96 hi res files and DVD Audio for posterity and posterior. I've pulled out my old Denon DP-45f, bought a new DL-110 MC cartridge (review on that coming up-awesome!) and started to wipe 40 years of grime, fingerprints, hair gel, and shame off some old classics. This thing WORKS! As a test of both the cartridge and the cleaner I brushed off an orignal LP of Linda Ronstadt's Hasten Down the Wind, a release that I abused the vinyl and the cover of on many occasions as a young lad...Side Two has great accapella vocals, tight drums, and a lot of dynamic moments that will expose dirt in the vinyl. First pass of the side was pretty good actually-I was expecting a lot more wear and tear on a disc that didn't spend much time in it's sleeve. I followed the easy one page instructions on the Spin Clean (and I did go to YouTube and see an excellent and wonderfully geeky home demo there the day before it arrived). Using distilled water and three cap-fulls of the cleaner on the brushes per the instruction I slid the record in the gap, three turns back, three turns forth, and BAM. I set it on a micofiber cloth and used the included surgical cloth to wipe it dry in a swirl motion, flipping it over and repeating the same on the other side. Deceptively simple and ingenius. Not changing a thing on the A/V system I reloaded the disc and played Side Two again. The difference was immediately noticable. Linda's voice was clearer, sibilances were better and the tracks seemed more open and spacious. The results were also measurable-I forgot to mention I put an SPL meter 2' away from the speaker and measured the groove noise between tracks before and after as well...the noise was as much as 5db less, which is a hell of a lot! I'm not saying that this will take 5db of noise off your records, I'm saying it did on THIS record that looked OK before I ran it through the Spin Clean. It obviously cleaned gunk that the eye couldn't see, and it must have helped lower any static electricity buildup as well. I cleaned about 25 LP's with it and by then the water was noticably darker-they say you can get 50 cleanings per dose but I'm guessing they aren't talking about records like mine that looked like they were found by Mike and Frank on American Pickers. It's $80...but it works...but it's $80... For me it was totally worth it to find out my old OOP vinyl survived my decades of abuse and neglect to them better than I did. The Spin Clean is not the kind of thing you can leave on display in your Home Thater/Music Room if you have any decorating taste...like my wife. And it's not cost/effort effective to use it to clean one or two records at a time, then throwing the water/solution out, though honestly even at $20 a bottle if you did that it would aveage 25 cents a record. But playing vinyl is like a dedicated sport you have to suit up for. You're not going to strap the pads on and go play for 5 minutes, so I just factor it into the ritual that makes the whole vinyl experience the cool thing it is for me again. Highly recommended.

This product does the job and it does it well. Yes, it has it's limitations. The towels provided work well but for about 20 records but for longer cleaning sessions you will definitely desire better towels so I would recommend micro fiber cloths as many have already suggested. No, it does not deeply clean your records. Yes, after a clean you may still experience some hissing, crackling, and popping but this is very dependent on the quality of the record that you started with. This machine nor does any machine magically restore an already worn record back to mint condition. Comparing this product to the more esoteric machines such as the VPI line is just not fair nor does it make any sense. The VPI 16.5 retails at over $600. This is $80. They are not in the same league nor should they be considering the price comparison. This is very much a fully manual process of spinning and drying which takes a considerable amount of time. If you have a massive record collection then yes, this is going to take alot of your time....but it's not the machine's fault. You have a thousand records! Still, it is time well spent because the process gets your records clean and in doing so will not only improve the sound but will also delay wear on your stylus and the record itself. This is the whole point of the cleaning process. If you have the money, yes, go with the VPI or a machine in it's category and caliber. However, if you are on a budget, or otherwise would rather spend $600 plus on something else...such as a higher end stereo component then rest assured that this is a great product that will do what it sets out to do...give your records a respectable clean and streamline the process. If I had the extra money, I would definitely opt for a machine that performs a deeper cleaning. If the past says anything about my compulsive stereo obsessions, a VPI is in my future...but so is a McIntosh MC225 and a VPI Traveler etc and so on. It is $80 well spent. On another note, no matter how clean your record is, no matter how high end your stylus is...your record degrades every time you set your stylus upon it...which eventually degrades the sound...all we are doing is delaying the inevitable. I am happy with this product.

I've been very pleasantly surprised about the effectiveness of this record washer. I have very few clicks and pops, a very noticeable change after washing. My expectation was for it to clean moderately better than the typical brush and solution, but it far exceeds that. Most of my vinyl was purchased new 40+ years ago but hadn't been played for over 30y (stored in my basement for those decades). My turntable is ~35yo and I'd describe it as low mid-grade with a relatively low tracking force; a good value when I purchased it. I'm sharing this in order to say my records were well cared for when I used them. I've also bought a handful of used records recently that weren't as well loved. I've washed two batches of ~25 LPs each. The records from my original collection have come out great; very few clicks/pops. The "modern" (i.e., 1970s on) records I've purchased that were visually clean, but not as well loved as mine, also came out great. One particular example was Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1974) sounded horrendous pre-wash and amazing post-wash. The small number of older (1950s) LPs I bought sounded better but clearly have physical damage. I hypothesize that these were lower quality when produced, were played on inferior equipment and weren't cared for properly. On the topic of edge damage to the LPs mentioned by other reviewers: I have not found it to be a problem in my cleanings. It's true that there's a lot of friction to overcome while rotating the LP in the washer, but I've tried to limit the amount of pressure I'm putting on the rollers. The cleaning solution is pretty milky/dirty looking after washing 25 discs. Regarding another criticism of the product not having changed/improved in 50y: For the most part it ain't broke. It's true that some simple design changes could take it from a home run to a grand slam. The roller design could be improved to better hold the disc, and some sort of rudimentary handle and gear system would be a boon. I’m really tempted to design and 3D print these features myself. I might need a little help from an engineer friend.

It irritates me that I spent $80 on a plastic tub full of mild dishwater. But it depends on how you look at it. If you compare the Spin Clean to record cleaning machines, it is by far the cheapest solution. If you think of the Spin Clean as a record cleaning kit, it’s very expensive. The Spin Clean bridges the gap between these categories. It’s a cleaning machine that makes you do all the work. The good news is that it gives excellent results. The Spin Clean is really just a tub of solution into which a record sits in edgewise supported by a roller at either end. In the middle are two brushes that the record’s playing surfaces are sandwiched between. Soaked in the solution, the brushes clean the record surface as you turn the record by hand. Spin Clean’s instructions say to turn the record three revolutions in each direction. Then you dry the record by hand using the supplied cloths. The Spin Clean can clean 7” 10” and 12” records. If you are cleaning more than a few records at once, this can turn into real work. You do get a little break because both sides of the record are being cleaned at once. The dishwater I made fun of is actually Spin Clean’s fluid that you mix with distilled water. Spin Clean says it encapsulates dirt and it does. One of the problems with any record brush system is ending up with a line of dirt where the brush has lined up the dirt but not carried it off the record. You never see deposited debris left by the Spin Clean. Clean enough records and you’ll find the debris settled in the fluid. I rebuilt an antique 45 RPM record changer and needed some records to play on it. That means buying used records, and used records need to be washed. It’s amazing how much quieter clean records sound. Spin Clean says that pops and skips can not be fixed with a cleaning, but I disagree. If a record has a skip or a repeating pop because of a deep scratch, you’re out of luck. But most of the pops and skips I’ve come across on my used 45s are due to little bits of gunk stuck to the surface of the record. If you’ve got a skip, don’t give up. Have a look with a magnifying glass to see if it is something fixable. My Spin Clean has fixed quite a few skips. One especially stubborn skip took repeated cleanings, but finally came out without so much as a tick. The Spin Clean does a great job. Think of it as a cheap record cleaning machine. 5 stars.

Short review: Works well for budget-conscious collectors. But there are a few issues. I don't have a large record collection but most of my albums do come from thrift stores … meaning they're used and dirty. I wanted a record cleaner that would do a good job but not break the bank given the small amount of records to be cleaned. On-line reviews let me to the Spin-Clean and overall I'm not disappointed. Yes it's a hands-on unit but it's simple to use. Once you get into the zen of spinning discs three times one way and then the reverse, it becomes almost a meditative process. Set-up is likewise straightforward, with one exception: The instructions tell you to, quote, "PRE-WASH* the drying cloths in your washing machine prior to using them. Pre-washing the cloths will make them fluffy and more absorbent for drying your vinyl records." So, okay, but this takes about an hour to an hour and a half, depending on washing and drying cycles. When I open a product I want to use it immediately; I don't want to have to wait and I especially don't want to have to go through a lengthy preparation process. Why couldn't these cloths come pre-washed? Just sayin' — I found this a bit annoying. The instructions also say "We recommend a cleaning session where you set aside a period of time and clean as many records (sic) from a single basin filling." I assume they mean "as many records as possible." The problem here is that after ten or so record cleanings, both cloths become absolutely sopping wet. You can wring them out but their absorption rate lessens as you go on. If you're cleaning 20 or more records you really need at least six of these. It's awkward to pour washer fluid from the 4 oz. bottle into its tiny cap to measure the correct amount. A bottle with measures on the side (like the Venta Airwasher fluid bottles have) would be better. Or just tell us how much to apply and I'll use a syringe. This is a minor quibble, but hey — always room for improvement. Speaking of fluid, after you wash a bunch of records you'll notice the water level has dropped by an inch or more below the fill line. This isn't surprising, given how wet each record gets when you pull it out. But should you add more water? More washer fluid? The instructions don't say. (I did anyway.) The last thing to mention is the juggling act that's required to hold a water-soaked 12" LP with one hand while you "Carefully … wipe the record with the pre-washed reusable drying towel in a CLOCKWISE CIRCULAR MOTION" with the other hand. I found I had to brace the record against my chest while doing this to avoid dropping it. Of course my shirt got wet; no big deal. (And why CLOCKWISE? What the heck difference does it make? Is the Earth's rotation involved? Seriously, guys.) I know I'm picking a lot of nits, but let's get real … for the amount of money none of these is a deal-breaker. And the results are amazing. Mold-covered vinyl — clean. 40-year-old thrift store album — like new. As others have said, the results are clearly visible in the filthy gunk left in the basin after cleaning. Eew!

I think the Spin Clean works very well. I have used it on about 50 records so far and in every case there was a very noticeable improvement. The records were not only free from dust and static, there was a subtle improvement in the sound of most the records. For some records, the improvement in sound was dramatic. The Spin Clean, much like a Nitty Gritty or VPI cannot restore an abused record, and cannot be expected to do so. New records will benefit because this will get the release agent off the vinyl. Old, but not abused, records will benefit from the removal of the dust and debris. Your expensive stylus will benefit from not having to track over crud in the records grooves and your ears will benefit from the much cleaner sound and lessening of ticks and pops. Here's two nice examples: 1) The Black Keys 'El Camino', brand new. Cleaned with Audioquest brush before playing: Sounded good, a tiny bit of surface noise, a tick or a pop here and there. Now, cleaned with Spin Clean, and an Audioquest brushing right before playing: No surface noise. None. And the sound was even better...must have been the release agent hiding in the grooves. 2) Journey's 'Infinity', used. Cleaned with Audioquest brush before playing: Sounded bad, the mix is just awful and there was a LOT of surface noise. Now, cleaned with Spin Clean, and an Audioquest brushing right before playing: OK...still, a bad mix (can't clean that away :D) BUT there was a LOT LESS surface noise AND immediately some of the detail and reverb tails and whatnot lost in the murk became apparent. I thought I would have to throw this record away, but now it is clean enough to add to my collection.....even though it has a horrible, horrible mix. (related rant: this is a truly great album. Why it is mixed the way it is I don't know and it has always made me bitter. I could have mixed it better. There is no excuse in the world for a major label to release an album that sounds as bad as this record did. I am STILL mad about this!!!) My only complaint is they should give you like 8 towels instead of 2. If your record has a paper inner sleeve, get rid of it and get some plastic lined sleeves. It won't do you much good to clean your record and then put it back in a paper sleeve....you don't need to throw them away either, both will fit in the outer jacket if you want to keep the original paper, just don't put your clean record back in it! This is a very good product and does exactly what it is supposed to.

To keep your records playing back in the highest quality, not to mention helping to maintain the quality of your stylus, cleaning records is a must. I buy a lot of old used, dusty rock LP’s that this thing has brought back to life dramatically. I’ve had brand new pressings with residue on them from the stock paper sleeves, and the spin-clean helped those marvelously as well. I’ve heard a lot about ultra-sonic cleaners or cleaning desks that cost small fortunes. For those of us on a budget (and who would rather spend all of that money on LP’s), the Spin-Clean is the way to go. This is the best workflow I have found for using this thing (you may find your own workflow, but this is what works for me): 1 - Use distilled water, always. I never wash the tank out even with tap water even, as this could deposit minerals in the tank. 2 - I fill up the empty tank about halfway with distilled water, and add the three capfuls of the included cleaning fluid. Then I fill the tank up the rest of the way to the fill line to agitate the fluid. I dip both brushes in until they’re submerged in the fluid and then insert them. 3 - Insert the record and as it says, three spins clock-wise, three spins counter-clockwise. With the drying rag in one hand, I take the record out and kind of tap the LP’s edge against the cloth top of the brushes, to knock off excess water. Then, holding the LP with one hand, finger on the spindle hole area, the rest in my palm so as not to touch any of the grooves, wipe the water off with the included cloth throughly clock wise only, both LP sides. I then take the extra step to stand the LP’s up to dry for at least 10 minutes or so before returning them back to their sleeve (with Mofi plastic inners, of course). Make sure you let them dry properly. I find I can get through cleaning about 20-25 LP’s before the included drying cloths need to be hung up to dry for a bit (also don’t wash these cloths in the washing machine with detergent). You may notice a light crackle after the first play-through. But I’ve had plenty that played back a second time with no noise after the needle had run through the cleaned grooves once. As the description says, you can clean up to 50 LP’s on one tank, and it can sit for up to a week. I’ve had my spin-clean since August of 2017, cleaned half my collection with it (around 150 so far), and still haven’t fully gone through the included bottle of cleaner. This thing won’t fix deep scratches or bad skips, but it will clean off smudges, residue, dust and dirt that build up from a long time of not being cleaned (I had an old Pink Floyd record that was nearly unplayable from the surface noise it had, that I was about to trash—but it sounds amazing now after a cleaning). In short, I do love this thing, it was the best possible investment after a new turntable and a decent cartridge. Yes it’s all manual, but if you have a bit of time for this thing, and a bit of patience, you will get lots of life out of your LP’s.

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Non date ascolto ai feedback negativi la macchina e' veramente utile ed efficace, naturalmente i dischi vanno lavati con cura facendoli ruotare 3 volte in un senso e 3 nell'altro, io personalmente utilizzo due panni per asciugare, il primo per asciugare il grosso e il secondo facendo più pressione sul vinile per togliere gli aloni. Risultato finale (DISCHI COME NUOVI)

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It works just as described and it is definitely a pretty fun record cleaning system! It feels a little like being behind a wheel :) It is designed and made in the USA, with classic solid plastic parts, so it is the real deal. The instructions that come with it are extremely helpful, without being too much. As said in the instructions, it is ideal to clean your record collection all at once, while listening to some vinyl of course :) The included cloths seem cheap but they are very absorbent, and absolutely lint free due to their cotton gauze-like texture. Washing and drying the cloths separately is ideal, to ensure that they don’t absorb any fibre from other things in the wash. A couple extra included cloths would be even better, as the cloths tend to get wet fairly quickly while moving through your records. Overall, this record cleaner does a thorough and damage-free job and it’s the best bang for your buck.