[Wayner]

That one looks pretty damn nice!

[Quiet Earth]

That does look nice. It seems like the long brushes would reduce the amount of vacuum and defeat the purpose though. I know that my dusting attachment (which is round with long brushes) doesn't have the same amount of suction as the upholstery attachment which is oblong with very short bristles.

Still, I am going to try it out soon.

[woodsyi]

Here is a cheaper one.  It's plastic bristles instead of horsehair. 



Click the brush for detail.

[WireNut]

Thanks for the tip Wayner. I'm gonna give it a go. I just started using my old record cleaner but I have no pads so I'm using paper towels on it, maybe terry cloth would be better. Yesterday I ordered an Audioquest record brush from amazon to try out. Gotta pick up a shop vac this week.

[WireNut]

Wayner,

I found my old zerostat, what's the correct way to us it?

[brooklyn]

Here's a link for using the Zerostat...

http://www.2spi.com/catalog/photo/useinst.html

[Wayner]

You guys are awesome!!!!

[Blackmore]

OT.  Happy Birthday Wayne.  Yesterday, right?

[Wayner]

Yep! The big 60.......

[SteveRB]

... I would like others to try it if you have the same tools that I have...

Anyone else try this yet? I am very interested if the results are consistent and repeatable.

It would be interesting to see a couple before and after photos (usb microscope) of the grooves.

Wayner, what is the wattage (horsepower) of your vacuum?


(and, happy birthday !)

[Wayner]

It says 9 amp.

I made a new brush today. The body is 1 1/4 sch. 40 PVC, the fiber stuff is from a painting pad and there is an O-ring between it and the vac to take up the slop.



I can easily hold a record in mid-air with the vacuum power:



Wayner

[Mark Korda]

Hi Wayner, happy birthday! I love your new cleaning contraption. I never had a Zero-Stat but have seen them for years. I will watch the video. Does it have anything to do with static electricity. In beginning electricity in the books they always have that experiment with rubbing a hard rubber or glass rod against fur. The electrons are transferred to the rod. If the record platter acts like the piece of fur,and the rotation of the platter providing a friction, wouldn't the electrons leave the record  rotating on the platter to a brush that is positively charged? If this is true I think I have the ideal brush. I'm a house painter and I found a brush so nice I kept it for this purpose and never used it. It is a Pratt and Lambert 100% black china bristle 3 inch brush you can get at the paint store. I think Purdy and Wooster make one too.The brush is called a (Lautrec). I have yet to try it. but your new method has nudged me into it. Back in the late 70's I bought a Reco-Vac which probably had 1/1000th the power of a shop vac. It didn't do much. I'm looking forward to trying this experiment, thanks Wayner. PS. I've gone thru lots of shop vacs. Once dry wall dust goes thru them it clogs up the Hepa filter and they loose power. For a cheap 5 horsepower vac(portable) the Hepa filters cost more than the vacuum itself,so I would keep the vac solely for the records...take care Wayner.......Mark Korda

[Bear]

Hi Wayner, happy birthday! I love your new cleaning contraption. I never had a Zero-Stat but have seen them for years. I will watch the video. Does it have anything to do with static electricity. In beginning electricity in the books they always have that experiment with rubbing a hard rubber or glass rod against fur. The electrons are transferred to the rod. If the record platter acts like the piece of fur,and the rotation of the platter providing a friction, wouldn't the electrons leave the record  rotating on the platter to a brush that is positively charged? If this is true I think I have the ideal brush. I'm a house painter and I found a brush so nice I kept it for this purpose and never used it. It is a Pratt and Lambert 100% black china bristle 3 inch brush you can get at the paint store. I think Purdy and Wooster make one too.The brush is called a (Lautrec). I have yet to try it. but your new method has nudged me into it. Back in the late 70's I bought a Reco-Vac which probably had 1/1000th the power of a shop vac. It didn't do much. I'm looking forward to trying this experiment, thanks Wayner. PS. I've gone thru lots of shop vacs. Once dry wall dust goes thru them it clogs up the Hepa filter and they loose power. For a cheap 5 horsepower vac(portable) the Hepa filters cost more than the vacuum itself,so I would keep the vac solely for the records...take care Wayner.......Mark Korda

Off topic a bit, in regards to filter clog I have one of these that I  connect to an orbital sander and no dust makes it to the shop vac.  It all ends up in the dust collection tank(I bought the one with the metal drum as some of the reports showed the suction to collapse the bucket if its not rigid enough):

Oneida Cyclone

http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/cyclone-separator-shootout/

[WireNut]

Happy Birthday 

[brooklyn]

Hi Wayer, I like the upgraded version of your record cleaning system, this is how great idea’s get started.
Happy 60th birthday by the way, in a few more months, I will be right there with you.

Regards,
Brooklyn

[Minn Mark]

Belated Happy Birthday, Wayner !

Mark (55).

[SteveRB]

Any updates on the cleaning system?

[Wayner]

Other then it works very, very well, no. The other day I found Styx - Paradise Theater and cleaned that with the shop vac and Zerostat,  it was almost completely noise free, amazing.

I am very disappointing that no one else has tried this. You just don't know what you are missing........and that would be noise.......

[MaxCast]

thanks for the bump up.  I will give this a try, hopefully tonight.

[SteveRB]

I'm looking to borrow a anti stat gun before I purchase.

Thanks.