Remove Cracks From Vinyl Records

Place a clean soft towel or sheet on top of a table or clean hard surface and lay your record on top.

Remove cracks from vinyl records.

Take your time when cleaning with a toothpick and be careful not to scratch other areas of your record. Brush the vinyl record very carefully with the toothbrush. Once the track is selected click on effect click removal. With a few easily attainable tools and a lot of patience one can make take the film off making it look like it was never there.

This may not fix the scratch but it can help remove any surface debris from your vinyl. Usually i ve found that the default threshold values work fine most of the time but feel free to play around wih them a bit to get the sound you desire. To remove pop clicks from the entire recording you can do this by pressing ctrl a or select all from the edit menu. This tutorial will instruct you on how to remove 3m invisible paint protection film that has become brittle over the years and does not peel off in nice easily manageable strips.

Also wet cleaning our records by using a velvet brush and a proper record cleaning fluid should be done from time to time. Rubbing the scratch with a toothpick helps get into the small cracks and lift up stubborn debris. Where the crack is roll this part of the vinyl into the super glue at a vertical angle like below. Use light pressure and long strokes when brushing.

A carbon fiber brush is the best tool to remove dust and particles from our records.