Wet Playing Vinyl Records

Have you ever tried playing your records sopping wet.

Wet playing vinyl records.

Once a record is played wet it needs to be played that way again to sound acceptable. I have never sanded a vinyl record i guess i have yet to find one bad enough to try 2. Wet playing reduces surface noise due to dust and dirt. Never wet play a vinyl record does wet playing a record help reduce noise.

After playing and drying wet play. Once a record has been wet played it will need very thorough cleaning before bei. Never play or store a wet record. As this crud starts to dry it just makes it more difficult to now properly clean the record.

Check out this experiment with a play test included. Never wet play your vinyl records. Instead using a record with moisture on it can damage the grooves and create an even bigger mess to clean. Keep your records dry.

Cleaning records with glue vinyl gong groove burn wet play and more. Yes wash the record. I would suggest washing the record first then playing it before deciding to bring out industrial grinders and such if a proper washing doesn t restore it have at it with an orbital sander for all i care 3. Thoroughly clean and dry them before playing.

Never spritz water or wet play a vinyl record in an attempt to quiet the crackle and pops. Never stack vinyl records as shown in this photo as it can lead to warped discs and ring wear on the album jackets. Wet playing sounds like an ideal solution at first but is not. Wet playing reduces surface noise but it is not really a cleaning process.