Best LP cleaner fluid for fingerprints

Well, looks like four of us are going to give you five different recommendations... With fingerprints, an enzyme cleaning step is very effective because it will get at the oils from the fingerprints. I've used various home brews and various commercial products over the years. The best cleaning fluid system I've used, bar none, is Walker Audio Prelude. The similarly designed Audio Intelligent is also good. Both of these cleaning fluid systems use an enzyme cleaning first step followed by a cleaning fluid, followed by an ultra pure water rinse. Other may also recommend Bugtussel enzyme cleaner.
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I agree with Rushton, enzymes are highly effective for breaking down organic compounds like fingerprint oils. Here's a link to Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions, which I find more effective than Buggtussel on more kinds of contamination. It's also easier to use than Prelude (no mixing required) and has a longer shelf life. Works better than anything else I've tried.

Several vinyl audiophiles recommended “Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions” to me. I can honestly say it the best cleaner I’ve ever used in all respects, and really brings out some detail in my LP’s that I’ve not heard before in my analog system, (Teres 360, Tri-Planar arm, ZYX R-100 cartridge)
It’s a three step cleaning system starting with their Enzymatic Formula.
See: http://www.audiointelligent.com/
Regards,

IPA is a lousy solvent for grease and oils.

Put a drop of oil on a rag and try to clean the spot with IPA.

It won't do anything but smear.

Just to expand on what Dougdeacon and Lak mentioned, if the fingerprints have been on the records for any length of time, the skin oils will etch the surface of the record. This means that even though you have removed the skin oil contaminant from the record a fingerprint-shaped mark will likely remain. This mark may result in a very low level hiss or crackle during playback, or may not be noticeable at all.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC