I've seen lots of discussions on here regarding ultrasonic vinyl cleaners and specifically the Kirmuss. After reviewing and researching a lot of forums, articles and videos on record cleaning ,I've came to some good conclusions and great results with my Kirmuss Ultrasonic cleaner and Okki Nokki vacuum vinyl cleaner. I've tried a couple different chemical solutions and after more research have finally come to my best results. I've been using Tergikleen as my go to cleaner and adding 20 drops into the Kirmuss water to good results and using the Kirmuss solution to spray on and do a couple rounds of the manual cleaing/multiple ultrasonic 5 minute cleaning. Then vacuum dry with ultrasonic pure rinse from Mofi. Great results but still some pops and ticks on some, even brand new records. Now after researching I've found the best way. Here's the best results yet.
First add 2 ounces of Audio Intelligence ultrasonic cleaning fluid to the Kirmuss tank as its an enzymatic cleaner and leaves zero residue.
Second add 2 drops of Tergikleen to the full bottle of the Kirmuss cleaning solution ( which has 2% ratio of propylene glycol) and use this for the manual cleaning steps. The propylene glycol makes the ultrasonic bubbles attract to the vinyl and creates positive/ negative charge with the water removing all static and grime.
Do 1-2 rounds of cleaning in the machine with the manual step.
Lastly do a final rinse with the Mofi ultrasonic pure rinse or any similar product and vacuum clean off.
Wow! Records i couldn't get rid of pops/ticks or noise are almost completely gone and the dynamics and openness of the sound now is phenomenal!
This is the only way to go after many rounds of various methods. I love it and now almost entirely play vinyl.
Good luck and cheers!
