Wood Glue Cleaning Vinyl

It s like giving your record a spa wax.

Wood glue cleaning vinyl.

Many avid record collectors swear by this technique for vinyl cleaning. Watch the result here read an exclusive extract from the new vinyl handbook. Keep in mind that using wood glue does not guarantee your record will be fixed. This will make removing the wood glue much easier later on.

The wood glue provides a thorough clean of the entire record by removing any dirt and debris and smoothing over uneven vinyl surfaces. Once there it can destroy the glue bond that holds. Clean cleaning glue lp method record remove dirt vinyl ways to clean vinyl wood glue. Over the years vinyl cleaning has been made easier with the development of cleaning products made specifically for vinyls and cleaning machines that can do it for you.

The best way to clean your lp s with wood glue. Coming out of left field is the recommendation of wood glue. Make sure you ve covered the whole surface no dry spots and leave the record sitting until the wood glue becomes transparent and hard to the touch i recommend waiting 24 hours just to be sure. Make sure to leave clean edges.

Sweep or vacuum it every evening and wipe up spills right away. If your record still skips try another coat of wood glue or another vinyl cleaning method. Theoretically the wood glue and the material records are made of are so chemically similar that the glue can t bind to the record. Vinyl handbook book launch event friday 25th september 8 30pm.

As the video demonstrates the process involves spreading a solid layer of wood glue over the record surface avoiding the label of course. Instead learn how to clean vinyl floors using the mildest possible method. And we re basically done at this point. However it will stick to everything else on the vinyl including oil dust dirt mold fungus etc.

This process is cumbersome. David hepworth and mark ellen meet every record tells a story. I thought this was a kind of sick joke that persisted through vinyl forums but it turns out some collectors swear by wood glue for heavy duty vinyl stain removal. I wanted to try cleaning an lp with wood glue.

Amazing results very safe.