Magic Eraser Vinyl Records

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.

Magic eraser vinyl records.

I m just saying it sort of you know defies logic. Permalink 3 4k 5 1k 480. 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. But then a lot of things in the universe of playing recorded music defy logic so maybe that s not necessarily a bad thing.

Rubbing alcohol is also a bad idea especially on styrene 45 s. You should see some of the crap it pulls off the needle when i play my 78s. 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. Genuine great depression era dirt.

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. Mjpinla mar 19 2016 4. It s much too abrasive.

Once a week is a good start to cleaning the stylus this may need to be increased depending on how often you play your records. 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. For my contribution to this thread i ll choose. For you records be my guest.

Hi guys i read on the other forums that mr. Magic erasers can be well magic. The magic eraser is a fine product but in my opinion not for records. But before you get cleaning here are 10 things you should avoid when using a magic eraser.

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. You would need a electron microscope to see any scratches a stylus will not pickup scratches this tiny. Clean magic eraser would be good way to clean you stylus. And yes it sounds as horrible as it looks.

They are also sometimes able to reduce remove ink from record jackets typically ones with a more glossy type finish. 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. The scratching that will occur is minor compared to damage caused by playing the record dirty or using a felt cleaner. For mine no way.