Cleaning the turntable felt

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Curt A
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Re: Cleaning the turntable felt

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By the way... "patina" on felt is actually 100+ years of grease, dust, cigarette smoke, mouse droppings and assorted misc. grime... :shock: So, in my opinion a clean felt is a good felt...
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Re: Cleaning the turntable felt

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Curt A wrote:By the way... "patina" on felt is actually 100+ years of grease, dust, cigarette smoke, mouse droppings and assorted misc. grime... :shock: So, in my opinion a clean felt is a good felt...
Plus it comes into direct contact with your record grooves...

Once the felt is cleaned or replaced, I actually keep junk records on all of my machines to keep new dust off of the felt.

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Re: Cleaning the turntable felt

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Curt A wrote:I learned that lesson when I washed a 10" felt and it turned into an 8" one... :( :lol:
Ditto... And it also became oval in shape... :shock:

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