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Vinyl cleaning and alcohol

Hej

What is the latest truth about alcohol being harmful or not harmful to vinyles?
I'v read that yiu should never use alcohol in the cleaning solution because of "this and that". I've never read anyone saying; "I've destroyed all my vinyls due to alcohol in the cleaning solution". On the other hand I have read several posts saying that they have been using alcohol for 5, 10 even 20 years without hearing any degeneration of the vinyles.

I got worried after have been cleaning all my best old vinyles with Okki Nokki cleaning fluid, so I searched the net for facts. I found hypotheses why alcohol is harmful and statements that it's not.

So what is the truth? 
simna

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elliottbnewcombjr
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slaw

thanks for letting us know about Versa-Clean

ljgerens

Any plasticizer concers with using this?

Fisherbrand Versa-Clean comments from FisherScientific site

https://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/fisherbrand-versa-clean-concentrate-2/p-84388

"Description
  • Clean-out-of-place (COP): Manual labware washing, pharmaceutical washers, immersion soak tanks, ultrasonic cleaners. Clean-in-place (CIP): Mixing vessels, process equipment, piping, packaging equipment
  • Use where glassware and sensitive lab equipment must be totally free of residues that could interfere with analysis, tissue culture, manufacturing and other procedures
  • Third party lot specific tested for inhibitory residues to meet NELAC and State water lab audit criteria (Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 21st Ed., 9020B-4A-2)
  • Does not contain: alcohol, ammonia, APE's, caustic , chlorine, fragrance, glycol ether solvents, NPE's, NTA, phosphates, silicates, solvents, sulfates, volatile organic compounds or ozone depleting substances
  • Readily biodegradable in 7 days (OECD 301D) and phosphate free
  • Mild pH of 9.75 it can be disposed of straight to the drain
  • Complete solubility, works equally well in hot or cold water
  • Formulated for controlled foaming
  • Fisherbrand Versa-Clean is manufactured using sustainable, low waste and low energy processes in an audited, modern plant, using state of the art, precision production equipment"

elliottbnewcombjr
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I took a budget approach, the drying rack to clean 11 lps at once is making a big difference,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GSSQ1MN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Now I can use my AT440ml microline stylus on old LP's that were too noisy because I failed to clean them ahead of time.

And, new Grado ME+ Mono cartridge on clean Mono LP's, (were generally acquired used), sound much better than playing with Stereo Cartridge in McIntosh Preamp's Mono Mode.

now buying some old mono jazz LP's new.
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