Vinyl Vac 33 - Vinyl Record Cleaning Kit- Record Vacuum Wand for Deep Cleaning (Attaches to Your Wet Dry Vacuum Hose, U.S. Standard 1.25" & 1.5")

This is an excellent and downright amazing product. Once i saw it i knew i could make my own for less, but i ordered it anyhow to support the inventor and save time. All my various other methods of cleaning records over the years were incomplete without actually sucking the grunge out of the grooves, but i didnt want to spend hundreds, even thousands on a professional machine to clean my collection of mostly $1-10 valued albums.I spent many hours researching and trying many cleaning methods before buying this vacuum attachment. I ended up implementing this plus the VinylStyl Deep Groove which is comparable to the Spin Clean, but i feel better designed and carried out. You can also scrub your records with a soft brush and plain soap in the sink (the center labels are very water-resistant) but without sucking out that dirty water or fluid from whatever washing you give the record, theres still going to be stuff in the grooves. High water pressure might get most of it out but vacuuming seems superior to me becasue water pressure may just lodge things in there further. Since a record groove is approximately 1/10th the size of a human hair, i dont believe there is a brush around that would reach in, so vacuuming is your best bet. The difference can be HEARD as well as seen. I have records that came from houses of chain smokers, stored in dusty New Mexico garages, etc and i feel the Vinyl Vac will best take care of them all. I think i even prefer it to the $4000 ultrasonic automatic machine becasue im sort of a gearhead and i actually enjoy the manual operation of my setup, and cleaning and listening to records is theraputic :). Plus with running the vacuum every minute or so i have a reason to turn it up LOUD!The attachment comes with felt strips that are glued to both sides of the suction opening which prevent the hard plastic from riding on the record surface as you move/spin/turn it. Its designed for use right on your turntable but i actually got a spare broken turntable at goodwill to use strictly as a cleaning deck so everything can be done right on the kitchen island. I hold this cleaner steady, with the drilled "pivot" hole resting over the turntable spindle, and i lower the tube part parallel and it sucks itself right onto the record surface, then i spin the record on its platter slowly both directions. There are spare felt pads in the kit. Ive cleaned about 75 records and the felt still looks brand new. It also comes with vacuum reducers to insert inline after the hose, but i think its perfect without them using my 2.0hp small shop vac. It also comes with felt washers to protect the label as you spin the record, but this is the weakest part of the engineering. Within 1 second the felt washer was sucked straight through the spindle hole and i had to get it out of the vacuum. This is partly because the hole is almost 2x bigger than a standard record spindle for some reason. So i had to set a metal washer over to weigh down the felt washer. Luckily i had one lying around that was thin enough not to mess up the angle of the tube--it probably causes about a 3-degree angle. The shop vac power helps it still securely "vacuum" itself to the record even though the metal washer lifting the spindle area keeps the rest of the tube those few degrees from parallel. It actually lifts the vinyl of a 33. For 78s you may have to come up with something thinner. Not a big deal, but im not sure how the felt washer held up during product testing. Its a minor issue and im keeping my eyes open for something else lying around thats thinner than the washer. Since this thing is almost all funtion over looks, I'm thinking about just modifying a cottage cheese container lid or something....it needs to be about that thin. Depite that issue this is still one of the coolest inventions ive ever gotten my hands on and for $110 total i believe i have the best record cleaning system possible.

The media could not be loaded. I decided I didn’t want to spend $400-500 on a record cleaning machine like an Okki Nikki even though I am an avid record collector and audiophile. I spent some $$ on my record player so I don’t want to play dirty records and ruin my stylus. For $30 I thought I would give this a try. I already had a small shop vac and purchased an electric powered “lazy Susan” from someone named “Biffy” on eBay. See pics for what the item looks like. It works great with the Vinyl Vac!The Vinyl Vac hooks right up to your shop back and it’s super easy to use. It has a lot of suction and I usually let the record spin twice one way and then twice the other and it is pretty much completely dry. The sound quality is a lot better after using this item. If your records are scratched then there’s only so much you can do but for those swap meet find records that are really dusty and dirty or have fingerprints all over them this device is a lifesaver. I personally use a small amount of Turgeon tall with distilled water to clean my records and then do a distilled water rinse and then use Vinyl Vac. I’m thrilled! I’ve tried many other record cleaning solutions and the lint roller style cleaner and this is by far the easiest to use and the best way to get your records really clean. The device does not damage your records. The pads are very soft. See my video for how I use it. If it’s not working here, go to YouTube and search for Vinyl Vac Review.And it definitely needs to be noted that this company has amazing customer service! I have emailed them twice about replacement parts and they have literally responded in a matter of minutes. When you need to buy replacement pads they are not expensive and they will include a few freebies. Super nice people and a great product! This record collector is done searching for a record cleaner. And no, I was not paid or offered anything for this review!