These do as well
I looked so hard at the pic!
Its only printed on one side and thats the opposite side thats showing in the pic, didn’t give it a thought, but its them, great sleeves
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Hi HH, I too suffer with colitis, have you tried Kefir. I find it helps.
I always fire up the air purifier before cleaning a batch of records. The hepa filter works wonders at removing dust.
I can recommend the Philips 1000i, the wifi connection is even more stable than the Muso Qb Mk1 
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So tonight getting to grips with this cleaning machine more, so far i find the best results by doing,
Record spinning and spray it well, then use brush to equal it all out, making sure complete record is covered and soaked.
Leave for 2 minutes, minimum.
Then using the supplied brush, rub it in well and then using the vacuum arm, remove straight away.
Last night, i was not really using enough fluid, rubbing it in and then leaving for 2 minutes, this ment that the record was starting to dry, rather than being soaked and wet looking.
But certainly getting much better results this way
It has never occurred to me to leave it 2 minutes, what does that do?
In terms of wetness, it should be enough to create a continuous film over the whole record when brushed, but if it runs over the edge that’s getting a bit too much. No need to press too hard.
After vacuuming I repeat with clean APC Pure water to rinse. I use a separate brush - an Okki Nokki brush to avoid getting muddled up!
One advantage of the moth over the project RCM is the fact the suction wand is below the record, this allows a 2 minute soak without wasting any time.
When side A has been wetted and brushed it is flipped over, side B is then wetted and brushed, while side A is soaking. Side A is then vacuumed while side B is soaking, then side B is vacuumed. 
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If nothing else this thread has prompted me to go through all my vinyl while the amps are away getting serviced, I started yesterday at “A” and got as far as finishing Bowie including 2 Rick Astley ablums no one is laying claim to! It has to be the absolute most boring job ever. I’ve run out of new sleeves now so waiting on a delivery just after lunch according to Mr DPD
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I agree worse than ripping CD’s and thats bad, also my dogs hate the noise this thing makes, first time i switched the vacuum on, my dogs ran in and wanted to kill it, its quite noisy thats for sure, but it does go a good job thankfully
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You have to ( mentally?) prepare yourself for a cleaning session.
Best when the house is empty. Think about the workflow.
Saying that I thinks it’s a two person process. One on the machine, the other feeding them/putting cleaned records back in sleeves. And supplying coffee.
I’ve never managed to convince a family member to take part. So it’s the one person game for me.
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Drinking or other favorite poison also helps.
And if you are inclined, when touching every album anyway:
- If Roon user, tag it. (I tagged all my vinyl when cleaning and all CDs when ripping, so Roon now can show me just my vinyl and/or CDs)
- Enter it into Discogs.
If you ever may want to do either, you would kick yourself for not having done it with little additional effort when cleaning/ripping
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Mine is home made so I put some baffles and lining inside the motor chamber to try and dampen the noise. It’s quieter than most but still annoying, we have no attack dogs in our house, a timid cat was the most recent four legged friend but gone now
Agreed. In 20 years I’ve only cleaned about 300 records. I only ever do it for records that I particularly cherish and that have significant noise issues (whether they’re visibly dirty or not).
I’m envious of people who get consistently good results from a simple cleaning regimen. Mine has evolved to the point of taking about 10 minutes per record, when you factor in setup & takedown, but the results I get are usually good enough to make the tedium worthwhile.
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You do have to make sure you don’t spend more time cleaning them, than listening to them.
I do batches of about 40-50 at a time, I don’t soak them for as long as some, probably 30 seconds after the whole record has properly wetted into all grooves so I guess once I’m in the swing of it one album every 3 minutes or so with 4 records in the airing rack after vacuuming dry so sorting out sleeves etc can be done during soak time.
I do like the results though, even records that look clean sound better afterwards and the cartridge stylus always looks clean
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My wife made a valid point when I was cleaning some records recently. She asked how often do you replace the brush. I still using the one that came with the okki nokki.
Do you mean the brush strips that are stuck to the vacuum arm? Mine has lasted for all my 500 records. I might look to replace if I had to do loads more.
The hand brush shouldn’t need replacing. I rinse mine and leave to dry after each session.
I change the strips after every 100 or so records. I was talking about the cleaning brush.