What happened to Discwasher?

See my post from 8-26-04 for the Discwasher formula.

Mr. Kidknow

That formula would be here at this
clickable link for Discwasher formula. One of these days, you folks will figure out how to post a link. I know that i appreciate this when reading about a subject. At the same time, making it simpler for someone else also makes it more likely for them to view and reference what it is that you are talking about. Sean
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PS... I agree with the comments made about breaking surface tension as i've posted similar comments about TRUE "deep cleaning" vinyl in the past. If you can't penetrate the surface, you can't clean anything below it.

Discwasher lives in 2008

(http://www.needledoctor.com/Discwasher-D4-Kit).

But the Discwasher D4+ cleaning fluid formula is VERY different from the D4 fluid I used many years ago. The original D4 used to bead up on the brush, and had little or no odor associated with it. The D4+ replacement fluid I recently purchased came in a black bottle instead of red, has a screw top in place of the folding spout (to address the possible contamination issue noted above, or just cheaper?) smells very strongly of alcohol, and flows directly into the fabric of the Discwasher brush instead of beading up like the earlier formula.

In terms of performance, the D4+ helps the brush pick up dust and lint about as well as the old formula. I have not investigated beyond visually inspecting the surface of the records to determine if there is something different going on at the level of the individual grooves. Like new or quiet disks sound as good as they ever did, and noisy or scratched disks are still noisy and scratched sounding. Neither product does much for fingerprints or other smudges in contrast to company claims.

Mrkidknow lists the original formula from the Discwasher Patent. The anti-fungal agent, sodium azide, is also an explosive (the same as used today in car air bags) and may be difficult to purchase for that reason.

Ken

Kenyonbm is right about sodium azide. It is also very poisonous. I doubt these days it would be easy to get anyway.

Plus, the post said the sodium azide was just used as an fungicide. So, if you are making your own fluid, you don't need it - just make a new batch if it goes bad.