Lotus cleaning system oxygenated water for LP's?


Anyone with a Tersano Lotus water cleaning/treatment system ever tried cleaning LP's with it? The concept is they add a third oygen molecule to water, and the water becomes a super cleaning agent for about 15 minutes. They claim it cleans much better and faster than Clorox, and blog postings seem to back this up, stating stains that harsh chemical cleaners wouldn't take out were dissolved by the Lotus. This is the cleaning system I'm talking about, not the drinking water system, as that unit de oxygenates the water afterwards for drinking.

The system has a sensor for contaminants to tell you when the fruit or veggies are fully clean. I wonder as a test if an LP were vertically rotated through the water, would the sensor indicate it was eventualy free of contaminates. Of course I was more thinking of using it in a VPI, and vacuuming off the water afterwards. The creator of the unit does state that ozone (O3) can be tough on some plastics and rubber, but the LP would not be my concern, since it would be in contact only once for a short time, but rather the plastic parts of the VPI machine. The inventor has indicated they will test materials that users suggest. I haven't contacted them yet about their thoughts on LP vinyl, I figured it might be good to get some ideas from this forum to querry them about.

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E/M : The idea that you propose is "Very Interesting" to steal a tag line from a 1960's TV show. The interesting thing about vinyl is that the compounds used for pressing may or may not be organic in nature. Most in the industry here and across the pond just will not tell.

A few years ago I spent an interesting ( there's that word again) evening drinking Calfornia wine with a henna streaked/ravin haired, blue eyed German beauty, Martina, who had been doing research for years into the origins of LP vinyl compounds. What she didn't know about the materials , chemicals and one little known secret -- Almost to a person the LP compound developers kept the formula's in their heads not on paper. One thing besides ... that she left me with was a fact she learned --Many vinyl compounds suceed keeping LPs flexable for years by entraping small amounts of H20 in the vinyl and pressing compounds. She suspected that rehydrating vinyl was a key to keeping the groves alive with music while at the same time sluffing off old degraded pressing muck so that what the listener hears is the actual vinyl not stuff entrapped by the manufacturing process or time. So, if the cleaning process triggers the release of micro-amounts of H2O from the LP that maybe not such a good idea. But you will not know for sure unless you experiment. E/M ,stop-bye the steam cleaning thread maybe we have an idea or two to complement yours.
Threaders: Instead of some of you acting as flat-earth types, pull the blinders off. If you wish to trash that you know noting off ... really that is a problem of comittment and education to the analog hobby.

For instance, I suspect that most drink soda never giving a twit that the water in that can has undergone millions of $$$$ in research and modification so the product you buy in Upper New York State and Texas has a similar taste. How about Power Plants ? Most never even think about the manufacture of super pure water supplies to keep the AC flowing. Open-up tight-one. The Lotus Cleaning System may be just as valid as Ivory Soap. No flaming intended and none should be sent.