Cleaning Serato vinyl

Anyone here used the lighter fluid method that works for regular vinyl on their Serato records ? And if not that, what method do you use to clean them ?

i'd like to know about this also, my serato vinyls are xtra`duuuuurti!

i've heard of the lighter fluid thing, but it don't sound too cool. but i'd rather try it on a serato vinyl than any of my treasured lp's

my guess would be a vinyl spray and a decent rag/sock or lint free cloth

One of my mates cleans all his records with lighter fluid and swears by it, so I would imagine it would be fine.

700ml isopropyl + 300ml destillated water = good vinyl cleaning fluid.
Put the vinyl on the turntable and let it spin at 45. wet it with the fluid, take a microfiber cloth and roll it so it look like a cigar gently press this cigar on the vinyl for 10-20 seconds then turn the cigar and press a bit harder after another 10-20 seconds take a dry "mircofiber cigar" and press it very gently on the vinyl (thats for taking off the rest of the fluid from the record.
You can take a vinyl brush for the first step too.

Thats how I clean my records and I get good - very good results. It should work for Serato Vinyl too.

peace

+1 to peter piper. his method rules supreme in my books. however i just use a spray bottle with the mixture. a hardcover book on my lap with a stack of paper towels and i rotate the "SUPER BLUNT" around the grooves. make sure to the let the wax dry over night so any remaining moisture evaporates. u dont want ur stylus to get wet.

i've never used serato to be honest, so i'd never even thought about the blank records ever having to be cleaned... it seems odd to me.

what exactly happens if they're dirty? does it not track like it should? does it make the mp3s skip? cleaning serato vinyl seriously sounds like a geeky joke... please enlighten me here.

If you can needle drop through a record with Serato, then I'm guessing that dirty or scratched vinyl could cause the track to skip, hence the need for cleaning.

crossings wrote:i've never used serato to be honest, so i'd never even thought about the blank records ever having to be cleaned... it seems odd to me.

what exactly happens if they're dirty? does it not track like it should? does it make the mp3s skip? cleaning serato vinyl seriously sounds like a geeky joke... please enlighten me here.

I'm interested in that too. what kind of effect does an dirty, warped or heavily used serato vinyl have on the file played by the computer. Skips? I can imagine that the timecode info of a heavily used serato vinyl cant be read correctly by the software.

peace

peterpiper wrote:

crossings wrote:i've never used serato to be honest, so i'd never even thought about the blank records ever having to be cleaned... it seems odd to me.

what exactly happens if they're dirty? does it not track like it should? does it make the mp3s skip? cleaning serato vinyl seriously sounds like a geeky joke... please enlighten me here.

I'm interested in that too. what kind of effect does an dirty, warped or heavily used serato vinyl have on the file played by the computer. Skips? I can imagine that the timecode info of a heavily used serato vinyl cant be read correctly by the software.

peace

When they're dirty the program can't track the code as well . They're not blank, they have something similar to SMPTE on them . You can still play songs but cutting and doing sh!t like backspins starts to skip the mp3 .

Weird thing is that when they're brand new they don't track as well as after a couple gigs when the needle wears into them a bit . I go through a new set about every other month but know dudes who don't get new sets for 6 months at a time .

W. Steele wrote:

peterpiper wrote:

crossings wrote:i've never used serato to be honest, so i'd never even thought about the blank records ever having to be cleaned... it seems odd to me.

what exactly happens if they're dirty? does it not track like it should? does it make the mp3s skip? cleaning serato vinyl seriously sounds like a geeky joke... please enlighten me here.

I'm interested in that too. what kind of effect does an dirty, warped or heavily used serato vinyl have on the file played by the computer. Skips? I can imagine that the timecode info of a heavily used serato vinyl cant be read correctly by the software.

peace

When they're dirty the program can't track the code as well . They're not blank, they have something similar to SMPTE on them . You can still play songs but cutting and doing sh!t like backspins starts to skip the mp3 .

Weird thing is that when they're brand new they don't track as well as after a couple gigs when the needle wears into them a bit . I go through a new set about every other month but know dudes who don't get new sets for 6 months at a time .

i get through them quite quickly as well, but Id rather practice routines and cuts on them than the originals!

main problem I get with them is burn where I've been beat juggling funky drummer for 5 hours. and spit on them where I keep licking my fingers to get better grip on the record.

obviously its much more of a problem with serato than playing normal records, especially if you just using serato the wear on the records is immense. cause if you don't change the vinyl you just change the mp3 in the program and playing normall records would spread the wear out evenly amongst your records.