Dirty LP Platter
Posted by: thirty three and a third on 13 June 2003
Any recommendations out there on how to clean a dirty LP12 platter (fingerprints, etc.)?
Posted on: 14 June 2003 by Simon Douglass
Thirty Three and a third
Try some brasso.Initially it will be a bit shiny,but then tones down nicely after a few weeks.I do mine about once every 2 yrs.I'm sure someone will say that you will remove the lacquer and do terrible things to the sound quality,but it looks nice
Simon
Try some brasso.Initially it will be a bit shiny,but then tones down nicely after a few weeks.I do mine about once every 2 yrs.I'm sure someone will say that you will remove the lacquer and do terrible things to the sound quality,but it looks nice
Simon
Posted on: 14 June 2003 by j8hn
I lapped and polished my LP12 platter to a mirror finish by hand.
It looks fantastic - I couldn't believe,however, that I'd do something so nerdy, it was looking messy though.
But I now have to face the fact that I'm a complete anorak.
Shame on me - shame on you too if you attempt it......resist resist!
It looks fantastic - I couldn't believe,however, that I'd do something so nerdy, it was looking messy though.
But I now have to face the fact that I'm a complete anorak.
Shame on me - shame on you too if you attempt it......resist resist!
Posted on: 16 June 2003 by David Stewart
I simply can't believe you guys would waste all that time and energy polishing an LP12 platter. Nerdy doesn't get anywhere near it. 
I can imagine if you had a Georgian dining table you'd strip it down with wire-wool and varnish it with some of that stuff that 'does what is says on the tin'
My LP12 is also showing the patina of old-age and use, but my method is just to keep the thing turning playing music, that way you don't see the fingerprints
David
I can imagine if you had a Georgian dining table you'd strip it down with wire-wool and varnish it with some of that stuff that 'does what is says on the tin'
My LP12 is also showing the patina of old-age and use, but my method is just to keep the thing turning playing music, that way you don't see the fingerprints
David
Posted on: 17 June 2003 by thirty three and a third
"Tads Nadger!" I love it! I'll give the old Brasso a try. Hopefully our formula over here in the states is the same as yours in the U.K.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
Posted on: 17 June 2003 by oldie
KEEP THE LID CLOSED 
Oldie.
Oldie.