Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?

All its truly unfortunate that this fine thread has turned into a BS match. There is no doubt about it that steaming is the best way to clean a LP. For the life of me i cant understand whats the problem. I for one dont give a rats ass who came up with it. If its you Crem many thanks. All that should be going on here is the promotion of steaming. All of the other BS must cease. Please find your perspective on what important to the betterment of vinyl playback for all. We can agree that steaming is the answer to the best in vinyl cleaning which means better playback. So lets get back to the real meaning of this thread.

Deep Cleaning Records with Steam.

I think Crem1 has a valid point with his admonition against using attachments o the Perfectio steamer. I notice mine gives off a pronounced chemical smell with the conical nozzle attached (and to a lesser degree without the conical spout attached).

With the discussion about ultra pure water, I wonder what chemicals are being steamed onto the vinyl, and to what extent if any the damage is to the LP.

Certainly, the purity of water is moot if it results in steam that smalls of chemicals, yes?

I'd like to add that I'm not certain how to go about steaming without the conical attachment, which is why an instructional video from Crem1 would be helpful, IMO.

Putting rats ass's aside , I wish to reframe the question, perhaps for the better so we can all agree.

The concern is not with cones , hoses or any other useful attachment that could better promote a more productive method to deep steam clean records. The concern is focused on the chemicals used to manufacture those potentally helpful attachments. And, that leads to a recommendation we advoid those attachments until we know with some scientific certianity those chemicals we all agree we can smell ,or touch, are harmless to our records and ourselves.

This view similar to a child's toys, we do not wish to ban the toys but the compounds that are we feel are a danger to the child. Since our LPs have no lobby in Congress it is up to us to regulate the matter for ourselves.

Closely, alined to the chemical concerns are safety issues , as well as ,recommendations that are well intended but may have unintended consequences.

For instance, most if not all of the consumer handheld steaming units come from China. That fact alone should give us pause in light of its track record on contamination to reconsider our positions.

Put aside the small stuff , lets look at the big picture : Can we remove those chemicals with household cleaners ,dishwashers or not ?

And secondly, why trust those that fail to have the welfare of ourselves and our families in mind ? Audio aside, the "anything goes" crowd is a danger, particularly when they try to get their hands in your money pocket.

Can we all agree on the above as a starting point to resolve the stated concern(s) ? Thank you for reading and good night.

I know I'm in the minority here but(possibly along with Stltrains) I feel like the paranoia over chemicals in the cone attachment is a little over the top. It's hard for me to see how a significant amount of contamination could occur from this. Using a steamer with the 16.5 as Stltrains and I (among others) do would be impossible or very hard to do without this attachment. The steamer would have to be tipped more than would be safe. Also, I would think that the ultra pure water rinces and vacuuming should take care of those deposits should they be there. I realize this is not scientific by any means but all I'm noticing is cleaner and better sounding vinyl. I'm not worried about the attachments.