Steam cleaning records 2

Madfloyd : Should that steam cleaner be the "Perfection" , it may well be defective ; Walgreens should accept it as a return , or for exchange.

According your description, that steam making machine isn't fuctioning properly. Please, consider another steaming unit to lessen any potential danger of a dangerious malfuction. Once they start to malfuction who knows where that will end.

Sonofjim you are so right in your post above it was a little difficult doing the filming. Sorry for the delay in replying we just returned home yesterday and had a lot of cleaning up to do.

In the end your vinyl will not be harmed by the time you steam. On some lps that are in real bad shape with grunge and dirt take the extra time to get that lp clean. On others like new sealed lps you might not need that much time passing the steamer.

Halcro, I am using the same attachment as Stltrains does in his video.

Crem1: Yes, it's the perfection and I'll replace it.

Question for all you experts;

Would not an extra steam application (without use of any cleaners) be the equivalent of a rinse?

The best water I have is simply distilled and I'm wondering what my best option (with distilled) is to rinse - pour on distilled or another steam application.

Thanks.

Madfloyd, one idea about the short steam time you are experiencing...be certain the top is screwed down all the way. I remember when I first filled my Perfection steamer and turned it on, I thought the top was tightened, but it wasn't. You need to press down firmly while screwing the top down. Otherwise, the top will seem to be securely in place, but in fact it won't be.

Regarding the steam rinse, what you describe using the second steaming in lieu of a rinse is what I did, and it worked very nicely.