Steam cleaning records 2

05-21-09: Zenblaster
Many of these small hand held steamers (Perfection, Living Solutions, SteamFast) are now difficult to find.

Tvad- Do you know why? Should I grab a spare while I still have access to them?

I don't know why. All I know is a search of the Walgreen's website doesn't return any results. I'm sure you know Walgreen's was the retailer for both the Perfection and Living Solutions steamers. Crem1 has commented earlier in this thread about having a supply source.

By using the Casco Nerl I feel that I am doing my part to clean and protect my vinyl without introducing more contaminants than I started with.
Zenblaster (System | Threads | Answers)

This seems to be the central reasoning behind using specific waters. My curiosity surrounds the importance of using water with fewer contaminants if no differences can be heard during playback of the record.

Also, if one's goal is the preservation of vinyl records by cleaning with water containing fewest contaminants, then why would one compromise by using anything other than the purest water available?

Love the Mapleshade steam gun, looks very 50's space movie style. Does it work as well as the others mentioned? Didn't realize how divesified the mapleshade guy was. Not happy about his use of old growth maple, though, even if he does employ the Amish to do it.

Tvad, maybe the new Coke is not the same formula, but in the olden days car collectors used coke to remove rust from chrome, first brought to my attention way back in the 70's by a marketing professor of mine, who was into vintage cars.

... in the olden days car collectors used coke to remove rust from chrome, first brought to my attention way back in the 70's by a marketing professor of mine, who was into vintage cars.
Chashas1 (Threads | Answers)

I read about the use of Coke for cleaning rust from chrome. Interesting.
I once read an article that suggested using Coke to clean grease stains from driveways.

Having read the Urban Myths webpage, I wonder how much of this is true. I've yet to find anyone who has personally tried Coke to clean driveway grease or to remove rust from chrome.

It really steams me.

Funny you.....
The marketing class I was in tried it, and it does work, or did then, for rust...can't attest to any other miracle claims...it made several of us give it up way back then, as best we could.

Maybe this has already been covered here, but seeing the Mapleshade site, and seeing their claim of the steam reaching only 140 degrees, isn't that really more like misting than actually steaming (I think of steam as very hot). Why not just warm your cleaning fluids or preferred water to 140 or so and spray? Why the need for this so-called steamer?
And, one more, has anyone actually bought and used the Mapleshade steamer?

Chashas the old perfection steamer I use has pressure behind the steam
It has force to help get deep inside the grooves. For my rinse cycles
I think this has a positive effect on playback.
Mike