The four jobs record care actually involves — dust, static, grime and the stylus itself — in one box, with a brush for each. Record cleaning is not one task, and a single brush cannot do it. There is loose dust sitting on the surface, which wants lifting off. There is static, which is what put the dust there and will put it back. There is grime worked into the groove, which needs fluid and something to carry it away. And there is the stylus, which collects everything the record still had on it. The set covers all four. A carbon fibre brush lifts loose dust out of the groove and drains the static charge at the same time, because the fibres are conductive — that is the one you use before every side. A velvet brush works with the anti-static cleaning fluid on grime and fingerprints. And a small stylus brush with its own cleaner deals with the tip. Order of operations matters. Carbon fibre first, dry, to get the loose material off. Fluid and velvet second, only when a record actually needs it — every side does not. Stylus brush last, before you play, moving from back to front so you never push the cantilever sideways or backwards. A cantilever is a thin rod suspended in rubber and it will bend. None of this replaces a wet vacuum machine on a record that has never been cleaned properly; a vacuum removes what it loosens, where a cloth leaves it in the groove to dry back in. Think of this set as what you do routinely so that the deep clean is needed rarely. One honest note: Thorens hosts no working product page for this set that we could reach, so we cannot give you a fluid volume or confirm the exact contents from the manufacturer. Two retailer listings even disagree on whether a microfibre cloth and a wooden presentation box are included. We will open the box and tell you exactly what is in the one you are buying — just ask. Features Carbon fibre record brush — lifts loose dust and drains static in one pass Velvet record brush for use with the cleaning fluid Anti-static cleaning fluid for grime and fingerprints Stylus brush and stylus cleaning fluid Covers the four separate jobs record care actually involves Specifications Type: Record and stylus cleaning set Contents: A carbon fibre record brush, a velvet record brush, an anti-static cleaning fluid, a stylus brush and a stylus cleaner. Retailer listings disagree on whether a microfibre cloth and a wooden presentation box are also included — ask us and we will open the box in stock and tell you Fluid volume: Not published by anyone. No source we checked states a volume for either fluid Brush materials: Carbon fibre for the main record brush and velvet for the second. The stylus brush material is not stated How to use it: Carbon fibre brush first, dry, before every side, to lift loose dust and drain static. Fluid and velvet brush second, only when a record needs it. Stylus brush last, before playing, moving back to front — never sideways and never front to back, because a cantilever will bend What it does not replace: A wet vacuum cleaning machine. A vacuum removes what it loosens; a cloth leaves it in the groove to dry back in. This set is what you do routinely so the deep clean is needed rarely A note on the published data: Thorens hosts no working product or specification page for this set that we could reach. The contents list above comes from retailer descriptions, and two of them disagree with each other Country of manufacture: Not published. Thorens prints no country-of-manufacture statement for this product — only the company address in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, which is a registered office and not a factory.
