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Generic Record Cleaning Solutions

I own an Orbitrac record cleaner and the fluid ran out. I was about to buy replacement fluid and got to thinking about generally available stuff, like generally available in a hardware store. I've got some trashed records I won't play due to clicks and pops, so I tried denatured alcohol. It dries quite quickly and without residue or water left behind. I could find no softening of the vinyl or other deterioration of the record surface. Has anyone tried out something similar? I'm now wondering about carbon tetrachloride, xylene, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, god knows what other carcinogenic fluids I can try.
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paul_frumkin
130 posts
 
Using Vodka to clearn records is a bad idea. All vodka sold in the U.S. is charcoal filtered. This is good for taste, but bad for our purpose, because charcoal-filtering loads the vodka with hydrocarbons.

Best regards to all,
Paul
crem1
672 posts
 
Threaders: Should you 'all want to go insane, just google "record cleaning solutions" dozens of options or skip to artsandmedia.com home page click on record cleaning. Either way you should find enought suggestions to test out to keep this blog going&going. Don't wipp it ! Clean IT ...
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Paul_frumkin...How about gin? What say we organize a "shoot out".
crem1
672 posts
 
A gin vs. vodka shoot sounds like what is needed here on the freezing Eastcoast.

But back to record cleaning ... Several contributors on other sites are recommending Ivory (a drop or so) and "clean H2O" has anybody had experience with that combo ?
tafka_steve
115 posts
 
Audiofeil, soap (saponified fat) may be an anionic surfactant by definition, but there are a lot of nonionic detergents: beta-octylglucopyranoside, Triton, Nonidet, etc.
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