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Alright folks, this little video is all about buying the right slip mat. You're probably thinking, why is he on about slip mats? Well at the end of the day, if you like spinning, turning and you like being able to move the record smoothly, you've got to have a good slip mat. Especially with spin backs, there's nothing worse than having a sticky split mat. No point. Don't go in the shops and buy the best slip mat that looks fantastic because believe me, they're probably not that good. You need something that does the job correctly. General slipmats will be about 1mm to 1.5mm thick. I think I've got some down here, hold on, let me just have a quick look. I think there's a couple here, is that one there? I think there's one there as well. That one, yeah, right, okay. So, here we go, we've got some slipmats. Now then, the first problem you might have with slipmats is occasionally what happens is the hole gets too big. If the hole's too big and it's on the spindle...

And it wobbles and it's time to get a new one, okay? What we'll do is we've got one here. The hole isn't relatively that big. This is about a millimetre thick. Whatever the thickness, make sure I've done it in another video, make sure that the armrest and where the balance is at the back, make sure it's just off camera. That is at the right height. Very important. So we'll put a record on. We'll try this one and we'll see what happens. And again. Okay, pretty good, eh? Not bad at all. But we're all about saving money, aren't we? How about this? Piece of plastic, okay? That is a piece of plastic. You can fold that in your pocket, okay? Take it out. What you do is you get a nice piece of plastic, you measure around the record. This one's slightly a bit too big because I didn't take much time in cutting it. Now then, the actual spin back.

It may not be as fast, or it may be only slightly faster, whatever. But this cost zilch, zero, nothing, alright? Have a listen. Now I would even say that was a lot better, okay? So how much does a pair of slipmats cost? 20 quid. That's three fortunes over here, okay? Now then the things you should not use as slipmats. Tinfoil. Do not use tinfoil. It's not a good idea because you'll scratch your record. Also, it's not a very good idea to use any form of plate because the thing is there's no hole in the middle and of course your record will slide off. And of course, very important, don't use a hairbrush. Practice and enjoy.

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