There have been several threads posted on this topic over the past 6 months, so you might search the archives for the ideas already posted.
As a quick response to your question, I have used the following cleaning solution on my LP's for more than 20 years and found that it does an excellent job:
1. 1 gallon of distilled water -- pour off 1 pint
2. Add 1 pint of 99% pure isopropyl alcohol, available in some drugstores, to the distilled water
3. Add about 1 TSP of a good surfactant (I use a surfactant that I bought from a chemical supply house).
You will get some folks who strongly advise against using alcohol, but I have never had any problem in the quantity described above.
You can also buy a non-alcoholic cleaning solution concentrate directly from VPI, the turntable manufacturer.
For removing really stubborn material from LP's, I have read some recent posts that one of those small, portable steam cleaners works very well. Remove the worst material using the steam, then clean the LP with the regular cleaning solution.
As a quick response to your question, I have used the following cleaning solution on my LP's for more than 20 years and found that it does an excellent job:
1. 1 gallon of distilled water -- pour off 1 pint
2. Add 1 pint of 99% pure isopropyl alcohol, available in some drugstores, to the distilled water
3. Add about 1 TSP of a good surfactant (I use a surfactant that I bought from a chemical supply house).
You will get some folks who strongly advise against using alcohol, but I have never had any problem in the quantity described above.
You can also buy a non-alcoholic cleaning solution concentrate directly from VPI, the turntable manufacturer.
For removing really stubborn material from LP's, I have read some recent posts that one of those small, portable steam cleaners works very well. Remove the worst material using the steam, then clean the LP with the regular cleaning solution.