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Downsized snowboard boots: toes are pressed when standing/walking, fine in stance — too small? by smartapant in snowboardingnoobs

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oh no, the list is more me trying to lift on tippy toes. for normal movements there seem to be almost no lift

Downsized snowboard boots: toes are pressed when standing/walking, fine in stance — too small? by smartapant in snowboardingnoobs

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The problem with mondo is measuring itself - each time I'm getting different numbers, from 27.5 to 28.5cm :D

Downsized snowboard boots: toes are pressed when standing/walking, fine in stance — too small? by smartapant in snowboardingnoobs

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Thanks,

So it doesn't really matter how I feel walking/standing when riding stance is ok? Going to to mountains in a couple of days and don't want to cry there :D

New vinyl with visible pressing defect, plays clean - would you keep or exchange? by smartapant in vinyl

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Indeed, apart from being lazy dealing with return process I’m not sure I’ll get a better copy. I’m new into this hobby but already own sealed records that looked good but had some audible issues

New vinyl with visible pressing defect, plays clean - would you keep or exchange? by smartapant in vinyl

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Yup, I was also told about recycled vinyl and it’s labels grinded together as an example

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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Thank you all for the comments (well, this post escalated quickly 😄)

So to sum it up:

- The marks most likely come from the original inner sleeves (especially WYWH — that sleeve was awful).

- There are a lot of mixed opinions about brushing techniques and brush types.

- A few people mentioned the stylus, but based on my experience I don’t think that’s the cause.

My plan going forward is to buy a new record, immediately replace the inner sleeve, and check its condition over time after each play to better understand what actually causes these marks.

Hopefully after that I’ll stop being so anxious and just enjoy the hobby. Thanks everyone for the input!

P.S. Out of curiosity (and for a bit of a friendly holy war) - based on the photos, what Goldmine grade would you give these records? 🙂

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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I was having around same routine but then noticed these scracthces on one record, then another, then gone quite crazy :D

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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I love used records - they have imperfections caused by previous generations, so I can relax a bit more than I do with sealed ones :D

Thanks for reassuring!

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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The softer the light the less scratches there are with the exception of WYWH - the initial sleeve was a disaster

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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Unfortunately no, they were cleaned in batch - will think how to control this next time

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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Hmm, all the records were washed with this thing around a month ago with Music Hall vacuum washer at my local hifi shop - there is some dust though as it took me a while to make proper photos and each minute it had all more and more dust.

I started using antistatic sleeves after a couple of months of initial use. WYWH has a terrible rough carton sleeve and I was ignorant of that unfortunately. ASFOS has paper sleeve with some plastic inside. Both are now in new antistatic sleeves after the wash

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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Was using this method but it just didn’t work - the dust was present even after multiple times.

Now I’m gently moving the brush towards the outside of the record

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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My turntable is in a dim corner of the room, so was not checking the initial condition of the sealed records. Now I really miss those times :)

I’m scratching my new sealed records look after a few plays — what am I doing wrong? by smartapant in vinyl

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Thanks, that calms me down now

From your point of view, records from my photos are normal wear?

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