Most powerful fluid for record cleaning machine ?


Just purchased a Loricraft PRC-3. What is the most effective cleaning fluid at the moment ?
peterb
I agree with the loyal Paul Frumkin fan club, being a charter member, myself. Especially fine for rejuvenating those relatively hopeless tag sale records we all run across.
Another satisfied AIVS user. To find it, search on the Audiogon home page by "Audio Intelligent." Dave
I have no experience with the AIVS fluid mentioned by several others above, but for years I have made my own "home brew" cleaning fluid for use with my Nitty Gritty cleaning machine. If you're on a budget, you might make up a batch of my formula and try it -- and then if you are not satisfied, by all means check out AIVS.

Here's how I've made the solution to clean my LP's for the past 25 years:

1. Get a gallon of distilled water, and empty one pint from the bottle (to make room to add the next fluid).

2. Add one pint of 99% pure isopropyl alcohol to the water. (Do NOT use rubbing / denatured alcohol -- use only 99% pure isopropyl, which you can buy in many drug stores.)

3. Place 10-12 drops of a surfactant to the solution (you can buy surfactant at a chemical supply house, or simply use a good quality liquid dish detergent).

There will inevitably be some of our forum readers who will disagree with the use of alcohol-based solutions for cleaning LP's, but based on my own empirical experience I have never had any damage done to my records, and I am still enjoying them after many years.

The last step I recommend is to treat your LP's with LAST record preservative after you clean them.