Wet Playing Vinyl Records

Never spritz water or wet play a vinyl record in an attempt to quiet the crackle and pops.

Wet playing vinyl records.

I have been collecting records for 40 years. Thoroughly clean and dry them before playing. Make sure that you fully wipe down your records with a microfiber cloth or let them air dry on a cleaning mat. Instead using a record with moisture on it can damage the grooves and create an even bigger mess to clean.

Never stack vinyl records as shown in this photo as it can lead to warped discs and ring wear on the album jackets. Have you ever tried playing your records sopping wet. Check out this experiment with a play test included. Never play or store a wet record.

After years of playing vinyl you get used to handling a record properly and it takes no extra time. Cleaning records with glue vinyl gong groove burn wet play and more. I handle the record carefully with clean hands and by the edges. Pretty much always new condition.

Clean vinyl records with a vacuum cleaner. Never wet play a vinyl record does wet playing a record help reduce noise. Keep your records dry. It is a myth that playing a wet record will reduce static build up.

As this crud starts to dry it just makes it more difficult to now properly clean the record. Perhaps the best way to clean your vinyl records is with a vacuum powered vinyl record cleaner. I have a good carbon fibre brush and always dust a record before playing. Wet playing sounds like an ideal solution at first but is not.