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- Spin Clean Record Washer will Clean Albums , 45's and 78's
- Spin Clean is Easy to Use.
- Spin Clean leaves no Residue on your Records.
- Spin Clean Solution Encapsulates dirt and sinks it to the bottom of the unit.
- Spin Clean is the most economical way to Clean your Records.
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Product Description
The Most Talked About Record Washer in the Industry is now even better. Introducing the Spin-Clean Record Washer MKII.
1.New improved UV grade resin for a more rigid and fade resistant washer basin.
2.Re-designed rollers for a smoother and quieter "ride".
3.New foam and brush material to improve the deep cleaning of your records.
4.Improved formula of the washer fluid to further enhance the cleaning process.
5.New graphics for the general aesthetics of the unit.
6. New improved Drying Cloths.
Over the Top Review in Stereophile and The Absolute Sound Magazine !!
The Spin Clean® Record Washer System has been one of the best value record washers since 1975. It is an extremely cost effective alternative, to all of the higher priced, automatic vacuum cleaner type machines. It uses a proprietary cleaning fluid that does not leave any build up or film on your records. It is also one of the few systems on the market that will clean albums, 45's and 78's. With the Spin-Clean system you mix the concentrated record cleaning solution with water in the yellow reservoir base (small tank), The record stands vertically in the tray (as pictured), resting on adjustable rollers, as you rotate the record manually it passes through a set of two brushes that simultaneously deep cleans it on both sides. After you wash your records, you dry them off with a lint free cotton cloth.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Previously, I used a carbon fiber brush before playing every record, and I cleaned dirty records with a Discwasher brush. The Spin Clean has taken the place of the Discwasher.
In my experience, the Spin Clean removes all visible dust and dirt and leaves the record surface looking clean. It also reduces static, even after you put the LP away and take it back out again. With very dusty LPs, I notice a nice reduction in noise. The Spin Clean doesn't remove anything really challenging - the kinds of things I've successfully removed with a sponge and warm water - so you may want to clean those spots before Spin Cleaning the LP. I recommend the Spin Clean, if for no other reason than less dust should mean less record wear.
Some have written that the Spin Clean is just a big cheap piece of plastic. As with any product, you are paying for the design and engineering, not just the materials. I'm not able to mold plastic into the shape of a record cleaner, but for $80, Spin Clean can.
Some tips: 1. I bought some microfiber towels to dry my records with when they come out of the Spin Clean. They are thicker and more absorbent than the Spin Clean drying towels. My records seem even quieter. I'm guessing this is because all the water (with any contaminants) is drawn into the towels before it can air dry onto the record. Eurow Microfiber 16 x 16 in. 300 GSM Cleaning Towels 12-Pack (Green) 2. Also, when you fill the Spin Clean to just below the rollers, as recommended, the innermost grooves on some records don't get submerged in fluid (though they do get wiped by the brushes). I add enough water to reach the inner groove on most LPs, and it hasn't created any problems during cleaning. I think the inner grooves get cleaner. 3. Though it seems possible for dirt to get onto the pads and scratch the records, it has never happened to me (I've cleaned about 500 records). To be safe, I always clean my records with a carbon fiber brush before spin-cleaning them to remove excess dust.
Spin Clean customer service is very good. I initially had an issue with the brushes on my unit, and I emailed customer service for advice but received only a brief response. I contacted them again, explaining the problem, and they apologized for the previous brief response, explaining that they hadn't had anyone with that issue before. They replaced my unit, which was above and beyond what I expected. A great product.
In my experience, the Spin Clean removes all visible dust and dirt and leaves the record surface looking clean. It also reduces static, even after you put the LP away and take it back out again. With very dusty LPs, I notice a nice reduction in noise. The Spin Clean doesn't remove anything really challenging - the kinds of things I've successfully removed with a sponge and warm water - so you may want to clean those spots before Spin Cleaning the LP. I recommend the Spin Clean, if for no other reason than less dust should mean less record wear.
Some have written that the Spin Clean is just a big cheap piece of plastic. As with any product, you are paying for the design and engineering, not just the materials. I'm not able to mold plastic into the shape of a record cleaner, but for $80, Spin Clean can.
Some tips: 1. I bought some microfiber towels to dry my records with when they come out of the Spin Clean. They are thicker and more absorbent than the Spin Clean drying towels. My records seem even quieter. I'm guessing this is because all the water (with any contaminants) is drawn into the towels before it can air dry onto the record. Eurow Microfiber 16 x 16 in. 300 GSM Cleaning Towels 12-Pack (Green) 2. Also, when you fill the Spin Clean to just below the rollers, as recommended, the innermost grooves on some records don't get submerged in fluid (though they do get wiped by the brushes). I add enough water to reach the inner groove on most LPs, and it hasn't created any problems during cleaning. I think the inner grooves get cleaner. 3. Though it seems possible for dirt to get onto the pads and scratch the records, it has never happened to me (I've cleaned about 500 records). To be safe, I always clean my records with a carbon fiber brush before spin-cleaning them to remove excess dust.
Spin Clean customer service is very good. I initially had an issue with the brushes on my unit, and I emailed customer service for advice but received only a brief response. I contacted them again, explaining the problem, and they apologized for the previous brief response, explaining that they hadn't had anyone with that issue before. They replaced my unit, which was above and beyond what I expected. A great product.
41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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Yes, I'd rather have a $400 record cleaning machine. But, after using the kitchen sink and various brushes and rags, this makes things so much easier. The amazing part to me is how the label stays dry, yet it cleans right up close to the edge. The Spin Clean is just a big plastic reservoir, with brushes, and probably overpriced. It's all about efficiency, though. It will do a good job on all but the filthiest disks and it's idiot-proof.
36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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For $80, I was expecting a bit more. What you get is a plastic tub with some stickers on it, proudly announcing that it is made in the USA. If this is the best that the USA has to offer, we should be ashamed. The whole unit feels cheaply made. There are still the little nubs where the plastic parts were cut from the tree. The pads are made of the same material as many record cleaning brushes are made of. Nothing special. You also get a small 4 oz. bottle of their cleaning solution and two cheap cloths that feel like medical gauze. $80 for that? I'm definitely not impressed.
To add insult to injury, the unit that was shipped to me came with a cracked corner, most likely due to the fact that it was poorly packaged either by Amazon or Spin Clean.
I wouldn't be so disgruntled if this device actually cleaned up my records to their original shape. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to do much other than remove large particles from the surface of your records. I put at least 50 albums through the Spin Clean and was only mildly impressed. If you have some truly dirty records, you're going to be out of luck when cleaning with the Spin Clean. I can see it being useful for touching up your records once in a while but not for deep cleaning. I go to a lot of used record stores and have found some truly dirty records. The Spin Clean removes all the visible debris but the crackles and pops are still there.
I'm glad that I found a great "mom and pop" record store near me that actually offers a record cleaning service for $1/record. They have a VPI vacuum powered record cleaner that actually lifts the tiny dust particles out of the grooves. Records from the dollar bin that I had them clean sound many times quieter than my Spin Clean could ever make them.
The Spin Clean has been recommended by many audiophile magazines over the years but I have to say I feel a bit mislead. Don't waste your money on this. Buy an entry level Nitty Gritty or even the KAB EV-1.
UPDATE: I wanted to provide a little bit of an update to my review after owning the Spin Clean for over a year. After doing about 100 records, the Spin Clean started to work better, so I've decided to give the it 3/5 stars instead of 2/5. I don't know what changed but perhaps the pads wore in and started digging deeper. In regards to Michael Fremer's comment below, I do agree with him that this is one of the cheapest ways to clean records but there is an even cheaper way: wood glue. I was hesitant to try this at first but I had some beat up records that I could sacrifice so I gave it a shot. You can find more detail by Googling "wood glue record cleaning" and look for the AudioKarma thread.
What I found made my jaw drop. A $1 record I bought from a thrift store that popped and clicked like mad sounded ASTONISHINGLY good after I glued it. I was sold on this method and began perfecting my gluing skills.
Of course, there are some big caveats about gluing, which are:
1) It takes A LONG time for the glue to dry, so cleaning batches of records is out of the question. I've modified my cleaning regimen to begin with the Spin Clean and if I wasn't satisfied with the results, I would wood glue the record. The Spin Clean does an excellent job with mildy dirty records but wood glue just blows it out of the water when it comes to really digging into the grooves to get gunk out.
2) You can mess it up. There are a million ways you can mess up gluing the record. You can spill glue on your turntable. You can put too little glue on the edges of the records so that it doesn't peel off cleanly and leaves bits of glue on the lead-in and lead-out grooves. The good news is that you can pick it off OR re-glue the record and remove it that way.
3) It smells.
4) It takes up a lot of room for your records to dry if you're gluing multiple records at once.
Other than that, I'm really impressed by the wood gluing method and use it for records that the Spin Clean can't clean effectively enough.
Of course, wood glue isn't ideal but it sure is cheap and effective if you're patient. It is not for the faint of heart and I can only recommend this method to those who are patient and willing to learn the method.
All in all, the Spin Clean is a great plan A. If it fails me, I'm glad I have wood glue as a plan B. I don't have to clean many records in batches so this method works for me. If you're doing large batches, you're better off getting a vacuum RCM like a VPI 16.5.
To add insult to injury, the unit that was shipped to me came with a cracked corner, most likely due to the fact that it was poorly packaged either by Amazon or Spin Clean.
I wouldn't be so disgruntled if this device actually cleaned up my records to their original shape. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to do much other than remove large particles from the surface of your records. I put at least 50 albums through the Spin Clean and was only mildly impressed. If you have some truly dirty records, you're going to be out of luck when cleaning with the Spin Clean. I can see it being useful for touching up your records once in a while but not for deep cleaning. I go to a lot of used record stores and have found some truly dirty records. The Spin Clean removes all the visible debris but the crackles and pops are still there.
I'm glad that I found a great "mom and pop" record store near me that actually offers a record cleaning service for $1/record. They have a VPI vacuum powered record cleaner that actually lifts the tiny dust particles out of the grooves. Records from the dollar bin that I had them clean sound many times quieter than my Spin Clean could ever make them.
The Spin Clean has been recommended by many audiophile magazines over the years but I have to say I feel a bit mislead. Don't waste your money on this. Buy an entry level Nitty Gritty or even the KAB EV-1.
UPDATE: I wanted to provide a little bit of an update to my review after owning the Spin Clean for over a year. After doing about 100 records, the Spin Clean started to work better, so I've decided to give the it 3/5 stars instead of 2/5. I don't know what changed but perhaps the pads wore in and started digging deeper. In regards to Michael Fremer's comment below, I do agree with him that this is one of the cheapest ways to clean records but there is an even cheaper way: wood glue. I was hesitant to try this at first but I had some beat up records that I could sacrifice so I gave it a shot. You can find more detail by Googling "wood glue record cleaning" and look for the AudioKarma thread.
What I found made my jaw drop. A $1 record I bought from a thrift store that popped and clicked like mad sounded ASTONISHINGLY good after I glued it. I was sold on this method and began perfecting my gluing skills.
Of course, there are some big caveats about gluing, which are:
1) It takes A LONG time for the glue to dry, so cleaning batches of records is out of the question. I've modified my cleaning regimen to begin with the Spin Clean and if I wasn't satisfied with the results, I would wood glue the record. The Spin Clean does an excellent job with mildy dirty records but wood glue just blows it out of the water when it comes to really digging into the grooves to get gunk out.
2) You can mess it up. There are a million ways you can mess up gluing the record. You can spill glue on your turntable. You can put too little glue on the edges of the records so that it doesn't peel off cleanly and leaves bits of glue on the lead-in and lead-out grooves. The good news is that you can pick it off OR re-glue the record and remove it that way.
3) It smells.
4) It takes up a lot of room for your records to dry if you're gluing multiple records at once.
Other than that, I'm really impressed by the wood gluing method and use it for records that the Spin Clean can't clean effectively enough.
Of course, wood glue isn't ideal but it sure is cheap and effective if you're patient. It is not for the faint of heart and I can only recommend this method to those who are patient and willing to learn the method.
All in all, the Spin Clean is a great plan A. If it fails me, I'm glad I have wood glue as a plan B. I don't have to clean many records in batches so this method works for me. If you're doing large batches, you're better off getting a vacuum RCM like a VPI 16.5.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
a must-have accessory, if you play lots of vinyl LPs
I purchased the Spin-Clean Record Washer MKII to clean a few dozen of classical music LPs I am transcribing to digital. Read more
Published 17 days ago by tapehead/2
Clean again
So nice to finally find a product that really cleans my vinyl to my satisfaction. I would recommend that anyone who still values their vinyl collection to look at this product.
Published 19 days ago by Jane Gnoit
Much easier than expected. Works like a charm. Records dry fast..
This is really well made, very effective and quite easy to use. Here are some tips for easy use. First, buy a few extra cloths. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Job S Tadoo
Works well
I gave this a shot despite some of the bad reviews out there and was impressed with how well it worked. Read more
Published 26 days ago by D. Saunders
I like this!!
I think the Spin Clean works very well. I have used it on about 50 records so far and in every case there was a very noticeable improvement. Read more
Published 1 month ago by G Money
spin clean works
Well I read all the reviews before I bought one and have to agree with the positive comments. This system works. Read more
Published 1 month ago by TED T.
Great record cleaner, for the price!
I've read many reviews where people complain about the "cheap, plastic construction." I don't need a record cleaner that's made of wood or metal, if it does what I need it to do. Read more
Published 2 months ago by moodydan
Yes, it works as described!
Let me add my two cents regarding the Spin-Clean Record Washing System. Yes it works. I've got vinyl records over 50 years old and for the past year or so, I've reactivated my... Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Oleson
I Just want to say one word to you . . . . plastics
Spin-Clean Record Washer MKII Yes it is an inexpensive piece of plastic, an inexpensive piece of simple genius. Simple to use, effective and strong enough to last a long time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by 53SuperM
A Functional and Complete Record Washing Solution
I purchased this item for my boyfriend's birthday, and I really think that this record washer is nice little addition to his Record collection. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Christopher Robertson
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