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In Reply to: RE: Giotto's Rocket Air Blaster posted by sleeper on February 20, 2025 at 14:48:00
kind of you to offer help, thanks.
, I have always used a record brush and if needed, an anti static gun. unsure if I need more.
I am dubious about blowing dust off a record. You can't necessarily see it when it is distributed around the record. And if you blow it you don't know where it goes, as you can't see it, and chances are some could be attracted back to the record by static. My preference is to use a CF brush that puts all the dust in one visible line and then lift it off using a gel roller. The roller won't pick up all the fine dust but I'm not sure anything does so you should use an RCM for that. But the roller will get a lot of the dust and all of the lint/fur/detritus that's befallen the disc since you last vacuum leaned it.
I decided the air blaster would be excessive consumption.
in part because of the reasons you stated. also because in over fifty years , I never felt the need, because a brush with clean records has always worked for me. I also use an anti static gun occasionally .
I briefly thought it could be useful blowing the tip of my new cartridge , because ortofon doesn't recommend fluid cleaning, and I always depended on that method. Switching to the little dinky brush they include with the cart is hard to accept, but it should work, if I am danish style fastidious. .
I almost restricted my cart selections to those who allowed liquid cleaning, but was swayed by a rare discount on a Beethoven 2M black, , and the reality that my arm isn't up to handle a dream cart
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