Wet Playing Vinyl Records

Clean vinyl records with a vacuum cleaner.

Wet playing vinyl records.

Pretty much always new condition. I have been collecting records for 40 years. Cleaning records with glue vinyl gong groove burn wet play and more. Never play or store a wet record.

Have you ever tried playing your records sopping wet. Thoroughly clean and dry them before playing. After years of playing vinyl you get used to handling a record properly and it takes no extra time. Never stack vinyl records as shown in this photo as it can lead to warped discs and ring wear on the album jackets.

Wet playing sounds like an ideal solution at first but is not. Keep your records dry. I handle the record carefully with clean hands and by the edges. The benefits of a vacuum cleaner made specifically for cleaning vinyl records is that it sucks up the dirt and dust that has settled into the grooves of the vinyl while simultaneously minimizing pressure and.

Perhaps the best way to clean your vinyl records is with a vacuum powered vinyl record cleaner. Never spritz water or wet play a vinyl record in an attempt to quiet the crackle and pops. It is a myth that playing a wet record will reduce static build up. Check out this experiment with a play test included.

Never wet play your vinyl records. Make sure that you fully wipe down your records with a microfiber cloth or let them air dry on a cleaning mat. As this crud starts to dry it just makes it more difficult to now properly clean the record. Once a record is played wet it needs to be played that way again to sound acceptable.