![]() Buy a high quality commercial first stage cleaner (the AIVS 15 is very good, combining both surfactant/detergent and enzyme stages) and follow it with a high purity water rinse (the high purity waters available from the scientific supply houses are excellent and 1/8 the price of ultrapure from the record cleaner companies) and you will be set. The best commercial record cleaning solutions have absolutely no alcohol in them and are followed by a high purity water rinse (usually a couple of rinses with high purity water as this is just as much of a "cleaning" step as the initial cleaning solution).Īlcohol is really only necessary and beneficial if you are dealing with a particularly "greasy" record to cut the grease and it doesn't happen very often.ĭIY cleaning solutions are not worth the time or money invested. (I still have a bottle of that, but when it runs out, that's it).High purity isoprpopyl alcohol is really an ineffective or unnecessary cleaning agent with about 99% of dirty records and I have easy access to it along with ultrapure water with my wife being a researcher. I usually just do a sweep with a carbon fiber brush before play of a clean record and sometimes I'll do a sweep of an AT brush with some D4+ on it. I prefer distilled over tap because 1) Tap has too many contaminates in it and minerals (minerals are not cood for the record) and 2) The water in my area is not fit to drink anyway, if you ask me. Discwasher RDCFBZ Carbon Fiber Vinyl Record Cleaning Anti-Static Brush (Silver) Removes static, dust, dirt and fingerprints from your vinyl records, bolstering playback and performance quality. Of course, I rinse after each step with distilled water. I'm thinking of someday adding a couple of drops of Jet Dry, maybe. It's also not needed anyway.Īctually that concoction looks to be over the top.įor cleaning records I've gotten great results from the ol homebrew of two parts Distilled water to 1 part 90% Alcohol and a few drops of plain Dawn dish soap. ![]() I realized I needed a new Discwasher and bought some on eBay. This was a revelation I hadn’t listened to records very often for years. I figure if I can't get it off my hands, then it isn't coming off the record either without absolutely soaking it for 20 minutes with a strong spray. Around 2010 my younger son (a musician and recording engineer) told me that some of the bands he was recording were releasing their music on vinyl. One big error I see in Craigs Formula is the inclusion of SoftSoap. The user assumes all liability associated with its use. DO NOT DRINK THIS SOLUTION OR ANY OF ITS CONSTITUENT COMPONENTS.I offer no guarantees as to the effectiveness of this formulation in its stated application. BE CAREFUL IN HANDLING THESE INGREDIENTS BY AVOIDING SKIN CONTACT AND KEEP ALL OF THEM OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. THIS FORMULATION IS MADE FROM INGREDIENTS THAT ARE TOXIC TO HUMANS AND PETS. Add 5 Teaspoons of Liquid Antibacterial Soap to the concoction.ġ0 Note: Store at temperatures between 35 to 100 degrees F. Add 5 Teaspoons of Automatic Dishwasher Liquid to the concoction.ĥ. Add 4 Teaspoons of 70% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol to the concoction.Ĥ. Add 3 Teaspoons of Prestone Anti-Freeze to the Water.ģ. All of the following ingredients are added to the remaining distilled water in the 1 gallon container via a funnel.Ģ. Remove 1/2 of a cup of water from the Gallon of Distilled Water and discard down the drain. Recipe: (produces 1 gallon of Record Cleaning Fluid)ġ. Small amount of Prestone anti-freeze or equivalent (This is the other part of our Emulsifier)**Note: Prestone Antifreeze consists of the following and is toxic to humans and pets:- Ethylene Glycol (107-21-1)- Diethylene Glycol (111-46-6) Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap such as "Softsoap" (Our Anti-microbe agent and another part of our Surfactant)ĥ. Automatic Dishwasher Cleaning Liquid (Part of our Surfactant)Ĥ. ![]() 70 % Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol (Part of our Emulsifier)ģ. One Gallon of Steam Iron Water (consists of Distilled Water)Ģ. (For Cleaning Vinyl Records) All of these ingredients can be purchased from a supermarket.ġ. This formulation is based on the Discwasher patent, assuming that all ingredients have the same density as Distilled Water which is a pretty reasonable assumption. It's very close to the ingredients found in the Discwasher patented formula: For those that are interested, I discovered this homemade brew for Discwasher cleaning fluid on the Internet submitted by Craig Maier.
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