Spin Clean Vinyl Record Washer: Demo & Review

I'm often asked, "How do you clean your records?" In this video, I'm demonstrating the fabulous vinyl record cleaner / washing system known as the Spin Clean. The Spin Clean is an inexpensive, non-electrical option for getting all of the dirt and debris out of the precious grooves of your records.

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[danielklem]

Those white towels are actually called laparotomy sponges and are used in surgery...the blue loop is xray detectable. Yes wash them 1st and they are awesome, I polish my cars with them.

[joshuasanders]

Great video and presentation of the spin clean. I have been using one for years now and highly recommend it. I also use the dish washing rack to air dry after the cloths. One extra step I do is use a spray bottle with distilled water after removing the record from the spin clean to make sure all the cleaning fluid has been removed. It also gets any particles that may have been left behind out of the grooves.

[bwoodpop]

This is actually a pretty good piece of kit.. Cleaned up my 40 year old copy of Closer.. Joy Division and it had plenty of annoying pops and crackles.. Its sounds amazing the difference after cleaning it properly.. No pops, no crackles, no skips nothing. Bit overpriced in England but you get great results.

[dmdstrhalo]

Just did my first batch. The instructions were pretty clear, but I wanted a visual run-through. You are right about the fun to be had listening while cleaning more!

[MillpondRB]

We sell the Spin Clean and use it for cleaning all of our records. Great cleaning system: affordable, low-tech and efficient! By the way, this video is one of the best I've seen explaining the Spin Clean. Thanks!

[Solarhawke]

Great vid! I just bought one of these and am ready to start cleaning and restoring my new collection!

[TheJazzyVaudevillian]

Excellent video about the Spin Clean. I have cleaned many records with the Spin Clean with excellent results. I prefer using scratch resistant micro fiber cloths to the cloths that come with the Spin Clean. I dry the record by laying it on a micro fiber cloth and wiping the side facing up, then, I turn the record over and wipe the other side which is mostly dry from having lay on the micro fiber cloth.
In my experience, Spin Clean has always cleaned records superbly. I recommend the Spin Clean highly.

[synthvault]

Just used mine for the first time today. OUTSTANDING cleaner. I recommend an initial cleaning with the Spin Clean to get oils off the record followed by Tight Bond 2 for the deep clean, then another cleaning with the Spin Clean. That process gets used records pretty close to their new state. Great video!

[claudec]

Bought this. It did an excellent job cleaning my old records. One concern; Records in dirty water. I clean only 10 or 15 then change out the water. Cleaning solution and distilled water are cheap enough that it's still an inexpensive method that will rejuvenate your collection.

[simonsaysrewind]

Great review - looks like a therapeutic way to get vinyl looking fresh

[GeoffreyScheid]

I just started using the vinyl cleaner on my collection. I have a box of 78's I got years ago from my grandmother. They were very dirty. I used the vinyl cleaner on them and they sound incredible. My collection of LP, 45's and 78's is over a few thousand and growing. I'll be using this vinyl cleaner for my collection. Now if I can just get someone to catalog everything.

[zack]

How did the single sound after the clean? 🙂

[dixielandfarm]

Very nice, Bret!  It's a good product for most people - thought I do recommend putting the records in new sleeves so 1. Paper bits don't get back into the record/recontaminate 2. So you know you cleaned the record and you don't have to reclean.

[tropicaleasyrider]

Thanks for the encouraging review. Just placed an order on Amazon for the clear plastic “anniversary edition” with the additional large sized bottle of cleaning fluid and new anti-static record brush. Looking forward to cleaning up my collection of 80s LPs and 12”s. 😀 (Which includes my original 80s pressings of Still, Closer, and Unknown Pleasures incidentally).

[Sungodv]

Man, do I wish I knew about this back in the day (70's). We used a version of that first velvet pad thing. I bet it wouldn't hurt to do more revolutions.

[sunshinevariant]

I've been debating getting on for a while and wanted to see an actual person using it... have to say I'm sold! Thank you for the info!

[EBlaier]

Thanks for this. I'm buying one of these tonight to clean my vast older record collection.

[premier]

Love my Spin Clean. I recently transformed mine into a ultrasonic cleaner by attaching a small palm sander on the side close to bottom with velcro and turn it on. It even turns the lp automatically as well. There solution really cleans when ultrasonic waves are blasting the dirt out of the grooves! Then when you just need to clean manually just pull the palm sander off. Great product! 

[davidmateyka]

Hi, well I was talked into getting this system & was thinking I made a big mistake. Well  after using it on the most dirty albums I had the only thing I can say is ...Holy sh*t batman this is the BEST investment I ever made. It works EXACTLY as it says & I'm really impressed & that takes a LOT. If you don't have one look into it, happy, happy!!

[richardgrahame]

I just got one of these after deliberating for years.. why did I wait so long!.. these are fantastic. Great video thank you.