Why Clean Vinyl Records?

Video Transcript

"So you might be saying "We're cleaning vinyl records?" And yes, it really is an important skill to be able to clean your records. It is important for a DJ, it's important definitely for anyone selling vinyl records, but also just for a collector who wants to have their records to have the highest sound quality. Now, when you clean a record, you really are going to get a better sound quality out of it. Sometimes you can get rid of a skip that was there just by cleaning it. Sometimes a skip isn't due to a warp or a scratch, but actually just due to buildup of any kind of dirt or grime or anything. You'll often find that you can jump a step on the Goldmine standard record grading system just by giving your vinyl a thorough cleaning. So if you watched my Goldmine standard record grading system, you'll know what thats about. It's really important for anybody buying used records to have the possibility of cleaning them."