Ditto RRL.
You can read about their water distillation and deionization process at http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/rrl.html
You can read about their water distillation and deionization process at http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/rrl.html
Ditto RRL. You can read about their water distillation and deionization process at http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/rrl.html |
Herman, I'm glad your tap water is so pure. Mine isn't. Washing LP's with my tap water, even filtered, leaves deposits that are both audible and visible. RRL fluids don't do that. You posited a general theory that, "Whatever detergents, etc. that are added to the distilled water to make a cleaning solution far overshadow those in the tap water." I'm afraid this theory does not match my real world experience. Is my experience just "bunk"? May I ship you some of my not-very-pure tap water to help you cool off? ;-) |
Lugnut, Hi Patrick. It's good to hear from someone with considerable knowledge on this subject. I just copied this paragraph from the RRL site I linked above, "To achieve the proper base for RRL fluids, Weitzel designed and built a special copper distillery, producing distilled, quadruple deionized water. Distilled water as a base alone still contains many trace minerals which can be positively or negatively charged and attach themselves to the vinyl. Deionized water reduces the level of trace minerals in the reacted water, greatly reducing the amount of mineral contaminates on the record itself. Chemical labs have for years used deionized water in their work. Lab grade water is single stage deionized water, RRL is quadruple deionized. " Brian Weitzel's explanation is virtually identical to yours. Distilled and quadruple de-ionized water is precisely what RRL fluids are based on, whatever the source. Perhaps the difficulty and expense of de-ionizing is what makes the RRL fluids somewhat costly. OTOH, I find that very little fluid is needed to clean or rinse a side. I literally use just a quarter-sized patch of fluid per side on my RCM. Using more is counterproductive. It doesn't clean any better and it makes complete vacuuming more difficult. This seems (at least to me) a good testament to its purity. |