Vinyl Record Cleaning Service
Vinyl Record Cleaning Service
Features
- Records professionally restored with SCA Record Restore
- Record Restore has been measured as improving older records' signal to noise ratio by an average of 11dB and an 8dB improvement in peak noise floor. Channel separation is also enhanced
- Eliminates static electricity
- Treated album covers marked with a Record Restored mini sticker
- Album covers with split seams repaired
- Courier service to collect and return your valuable records (charged separately)
Options
- Resleeving with high quality inner sleeves
- Select from our range of cast polypropylene (CPP) outer covers for enhanced protection
The Process
Step 1: place your order. A worksheet will be forwarded requesting details of the discs to be cleaned. A confirmation of order cost including freight will be issued.
Step 2: A specialist record shipping box will be forwarded to your nominated address.
Step 3: Pack your records and notify us at sales@secretchordanalogue.au that the box is ready for collection. A shipping label will be forwarded to you to print and affix to the box.
Step 4: The box is collected by courier. We will confirm its receipt and an ETA on the job's return. An invoice will be issued for the return freight.
Step 5: a further shipping label will be provided for return of the specialist box to us.
Special attention for Problem Records
Use the provided order form to indicate albums which are particularly noisy or have resisted alternative cleaning attempts at noise elimination
Shellac 78s
Older shellac records, usually referred to as "78s", do not tolerate alcohol, a common ingredient in modern cleaners. Record Restore Shellac is a special formulation which achieves deep cleaning without risk to the more fragile shellac record material.
Unless your records are new, replacing the old inner sleeves after cleaning is highly recommended to avoid the risk of re-contamination with contaminants such as dust and mould spores.
Static electricity on a record attracts all manner of fine particles from the surrounding environment and binds them to the surface.
Existing Sleeve
Paper sleeves, being a wood product, are to be avoided as they are a source of dust if not actual damage to the record surface.
The plastic inner sleeves used in years gone by - and even sometimes today - are not anti-static and may impart a static charge as the record slides in and out.
