I really like and use the disc washer system comes with the velvet like cleaning brush and the cleaning fluid. a friend bought one reciently and it was $20
as for the lighter fluid. I used to work in a guitar store here in lansing (elderly.com) and the repair shop used naphtha to clean the finishes on the guitars. they diluted the naphtha with distilled water (unsure of the parts). they diluted it as to not damage the lacquer finish on priceless guitars. naphtha is in all lighter fluids it is the petroleum product that burns I dont know if straight lighter fluid would harm records, but I'm not willing to take a chance, petroleum product a (light fluid) on petroleum product b (vinyl) seems like it would dry out the the vinyl or something? I seem to remember reading something like this some where, maybe here? was it kent who stated this? as I grab the bottle of ronsonol lighter fluid I have here sitting on the shelf next to me. the bottle states that it is "excellent for removing grease, oil, tar, wax, gum, labels, crayon, and heel marks." I get oil from my fingers on the vinyl, but the disc washer cleans that off. scotto lansing, mi. ps anyone know what the disc washer cleaning fluid is made of? watch it have naphtha in it. also below are some related posts I found in my inbox back from august 30th wash-up liquid is soap, I think. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; "Jason Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [313] cleaning vinyl > Distilled Water is the cheapest and one of the best. Can also try > Gruveglide. I'd just use the distilled H20 myself. I know many a record > store that swear by it. > > Tristan > ===== ------------------- Langsman, Marc wrote on Fri, 30 Aug 2002 about following: > I always find some washing-up liquid followed by a quick rinse does the > trick for those super-grubby tunes ! will ruin the records in the long run. just use distilled water. sakke -------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; "Jason Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [313] cleaning vinyl > www.discdoc.com > > is fantastic stuff but maybe a bit too expensive for you to do just the 1 > record!! > > The BBC uses an Isopropyl alcohol/distilled water mixture to clean the > records in their sound archives. > --------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: RE: [313] cleaning vinyl > Warm slightly soapy water. But I find the whole thing quite tedious. So > maybe try the record cleaning service from smalfish: > > http:www.smallfish.co.uk > > Quite expensive I seem to remember though ... > > k > --------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Langsman, Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; "Jason Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [313] cleaning vinyl > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Langsman, Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Tristan Watkins'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; > "Jason Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:14 AM > Subject: RE: [313] cleaning vinyl > > > > Surely water doenst take out any greasy grime ? > > [and i wanna be able to see my reflection in those 12's !!] > > > Here's a description of Gruv-Glide. > > http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/detail.asp?sku=AGRUVGL > > Doing a google search will turn up more descriptions like this. Not sure > about 'greasy grime'. You want to avoid anything that will also eat away at > the vinyl though. In some cases the grime may be less detrimental than the > solvent. I'd still try distilled water first and if it doesn't work track > down some gruv-glide - 2nd-hand record shops may stock it. > > Tristan > ===== -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "ani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: RE: [313] cleaning vinyl > i found a copy of no ufo's that had so much mildew it was almost > unrecognizable. i used a 1/10 solution of 90% isopropyl alcohol / distilled > water, and gentle rubbing with a clean cloth to clean both the vinyl and > label. > > -alcohols (isopropyl/ethanol) seem to work well. like eyeglass cleaners > which use dilute solutions, so they're not as stripping *don't use full > strength alcohols* > -some people use plain water, but it won't remove greasy (nonpolar) dirt > -since acetone melts everything, avoid it even in dilute solutions > -some people ammonia glass cleaner (windex), but i avoid these > -gruv glide uses petroleum distillates, but i don't see many of those in the > lab > > remember all you chemists out there: like dissolves like! ;) > > for less dirty records, i use gruv glide, because it's not water based and > cleans light dirt (fingerprints, dust) without making the record wet. > > ani > >>>>>end snips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: (313) cleaning records > > probably been asked a million times but whats the best stuff for cleaning > records...also does putting weights on the end of the tone arms make the > record wear out faster??? > >
