I just do my own wet wash which totally kills the static on the records.
Discharge static vinyl records.
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Now even with clean new copies of records my vinyl has quite a bit more clicks pops etc coming from the grooves.
New records are the biggest headache for me most of which ship contaminated with static straight from the factory.
The record will become so static that once you use the brush once you have to use it every time until you wet clean the record.
I can t stay off of it.
I vinyl records days which are coming back there was a small ionizing jewel that was clipped just ahead of the record needle to dissipate the static charge.
Ground your turntable properly use a.
To combat that i bought this anti static mat which is very effective at minimizing the static buildup on standard vinyl i have a collection of franklin mint records which have some kind of proprietary anti static ability and they build up almost no static even.
Indeed there are a few small tips for preventing static charge from appearing on your records.
So if the record is clean and doesn t have a static charge already better not to use the brush at all.
What precautions must be taken to prevent static electricity on records.
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But if the record is very dusty to begin with then it s better to use it.
Allowing the needle to easily push out tiny dust bits stuck in the record grooves rather then suffer the resulting jump over them with the annoying audio pop sound.
What do you use to control static pops and clicks on your records i have a nice high end turntable and a vpi 16 5 cleaning machine.
For the first year or so my vinyl played dead quiet.
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When you play them though they build up static again.
Hey vinyl collectors in this vid bernie covers some of the best ways to fight static charges when playing your vinyl.
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Another significant source is the process of removing a vinyl record from its plastic inner sleeve.
