Sad Topic: Gettin' that LP12 platter shinin'...??

When I was buffing mine, I used that orange cotton wool stuff in the tin. Did a fantastic job.

Just learn to live with it as it is, with the natural patina of time. After all if you had (assuming you don't) a Georgian dining table, you wouldn't wirewool it down to the bare wood and start again - would you???

David

When I had my LP!2 serviced recently I was told I had the dirtiest looking platter he had ever seen (well I have had it since 83 and its never been polished!)

It sounds just fine to me and you can't really see it through the 'cheapo smoked perpex' lid anyway (am I the only one who preferes this to the clear lid?)

The platter material [Zamac or Mazac, I think] darkens with exposure to light. It is supposed to be covered in a protective coating to minimise this. Once you polish off the coating it will darken more quickly.

My LP12 (also ca.1983) used to have a smoked perspex lid until half the dining room ceiling detached itself and targetted the Linn. That kinda took the newness off it and it had to be replaced with the later clear one, which I now prefer. Not least, because those silly little grey plastic bits that used to fall off every time you lifted it, are no longer there.

Once you take the lacquer off the platter, it will certainly oxidise again quite quickly unless it's relacquered. Not worth the effort, just enjoy the music.

David

mmmm.... the bits that I have managed to clean haven't re-oxidised yet (after 6 months+) so maybe that depends a lot on the particular environment and suchlike.

I still like the look of a shiny platter, though, and would like it to gleam...

John

You know you can get treatment for this kind of compulsion don't you. There was a good dramadoc on CH4 last night featuring a place called the Promis Recovery Centre - apparently good for all kind of addictions/compulsions

David

TC

Simple...flog that dirty Linn and buy a Roksan. Well shiny edge on those things matey. You might even score the white cotton gloves for 'platter handling'.Cor blimey..

What you need TC, is Solvo-Autosol, available from your local motor parts supplier.

I sympathise with top cat. My complain was that finger-prints would simply refuse to lift from the platter and the top-plate. Not just a matter of cleaning, mind you. It was almost as if the oil from my fingers somehow "reaced" chemically with the metal on the LP12. That was my biggest pet peave with the TT.

Judd

The rumour mill states that you polish the rim hard with Brasso / Duraglit (which you already have for your plug pins, of course) optionally using a strong solvent at some risk first to strip the lacquer. This is apparently quite a lot of work.

This will result in a vulnerably shiny rim (cough) which can be preserved with Meguiar's Stage 3 wax. Apparently this solves the corrosive fingerprint issue.

Best;

Mark