Glue trick is great if records are really fucked up dirty. You need to peel the glue while it's still flexible, but not before it's firm. Too early and you'll leave bits of glue in the grooves, which you can't get out without doing the glue trick again. Too late and the glue cures and becomes brittle, again leaving bits stuck in the grooves. If you play the record with little bits of glue in the grooves, you could totally fuck your needle, and if the cantilever is captive (moving-coil cartridges) then the whole cartridge is shot.So go ahead with the glue trick, just be careful.

I've got a VPI 16.5 that I'll sell for $300 hand-delivered to anyone in Milwaukee.

Kyle Motor wrote:How well do VPIs work for 7s? I buy a lot of 45s, and they often require lots of scrubbing.I haven't had good luck. LPs/12 and 10 only for me.

Adhesive question - I am wondering why you would use Wood Glue which hardens as opposed to something like Rubber Cement which remains pliable and easy to remove as it tends to cling together and picks itself up for removal.

steve wrote:Glue trick is great if records are really fucked up dirty. You need to peel the glue while it's still flexible, but not before it's firm. Too early and you'll leave bits of glue in the grooves, which you can't get out without doing the glue trick again. Are these bits of glue microscopic? Is there a way of knowing if the glue was peeled too early or is it just a matter of letting it dry thoroughly? I let the glue dry long enough so that if I touch the surface, I don't get glue on my fingers. Once it reaches that state I peel it off (and I can see the groove imprints on the glue disc).

Big John wrote:Adhesive question - I am wondering why you would use Wood Glue which hardens as opposed to something like Rubber Cement which remains pliable and easy to remove as it tends to cling together and picks itself up for removal.I'd be worried about solvents in rubber cement coming in contact with vinyl. Wood glue is water based.

I used to work at an art gallery and one of the exhibitions involved a guy playing the glue ephemera on a record player. It played (in this case, 60s garage rock) backwards. Lame art, cool trick.

Glue to clean records, jesus H, just buy whoisalhedges 16.5 already, somebody...

eliya wrote:Are these bits of glue microscopic? Is there a way of knowing if the glue was peeled too early or is it just a matter of letting it dry thoroughly? I let the glue dry long enough so that if I touch the surface, I don't get glue on my fingers. Once it reaches that state I peel it off (and I can see the groove imprints on the glue disc).Sounds like you're doing it right. I'd wait until the glue has set but is still soft enough to dent easily with my fingernail. You'd see the glue bits if you left any.

Redline wrote:Glue to clean records, jesus H, just buy whoisalhedges 16.5 already, somebody...Yeah! My wife's unemployed! You are literally taking food out of my child's mouth by not buying this!**Okay, that's total bullshit. We have food. But I am somewhat concerned that I may run out of cigarettes at some point in the next few days; and without them, I WILL LIVE FOREVER, which is something nobody wants.