"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!

Anyone try the Mobile Fidelity Ultra Record Wash, 1oz bottle, for ultrasonic machines?

@oldaudiophile  Yeah, that's not what I'm talking about. The newest product is sold in 1 oz bottles at twenty-five bucks a crack and you mix it with 3-4 liters of H2O, designed specifically for cavitation machines like the Degritter.

@moonwatcher "I think vacuum cleaning done right can get you about 80% of the way to Degritter sound quality"

  I don't think so.   I think the improvement more than that plus the utter ease of use.  You can be doing other things while cleaning records. You still have to buy chemicals; record wash, super record wash, Super Heavy Duty Enzyme action Record wash, a dash of tergitol and wash it all down with $20.00-$30.00/Qt water, not to mention pads and brushes.  I still have $150.00-$200.00 in chems in my Linen closet and tucked away elsewhere.  I've owned a HW16, still own a Record Dr. plus a Spin Clean with bristle brushes instead of pads(I made them with a local hardware store and I think work better).  And those videos, people still do all of that to clean an Lp?  Having  to cover my entire dining table to clean Lp's was just too much and too slow.  Here is a great video from Suncoast Audio with a comparison of a $6000.00 Clear Audio Double Matrix with antistatic wand all in a gorgeous and compact package to the Degritter.  I might add, about as easy to use as the Degritter.  Plus the video is one of the few where I actually hear a difference over the internet.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDe57dgtED8  https://imgur.com/xLtVBY3

@impaler Apparently you didn’t watch the video and you completely missed my point. Take care.

  And your question about some sort of release agent on records during manufacture, I once had a Ultra one step pressing that had a ring of a grease like substance around the outer grooves.  Touching it made it smear like grease.  MusicDirect was not sure what it was either.

@oldaudiophile "Yes, I know what you mean.  The little bottle you're talking about is Mofi's Ultra Record Wash concentrate for ultrasonic cleaning machines.  Again, you can make your own for a fraction of the cost."

Okay, can you tell me how to make my own Ultra Record Wash concentrate? I'd appreciate it.

@oldaudiophile It was a simple question; Has anyone tried Mofi's Ultra Record Wash concentrate for ultrasonic cleaning machines?  In stead, outside of other methods of cleaning. you recommend mixing/making my own.  When I asked you how to make my own 'SPECIFIC' cleaner, I get a treatise on something completely different.  So you do not know what's in a bottle of Mofi's Ultra Record Wash concentrate for ultrasonic cleaning machines.  That's all you had to say or nothing at all. I'm sure your method of cleaning Lp's works well for you, but that's not what I was asking about.  So I give up.  It's not that important.  

P S,

I use a Degritter and a Spin Clean with goat hair brushes.  I have a vacuum machine that I don't use anymore with a lot of cleaners that sits idle(actually put away) that I'll never use again, thank god if he exists. I'm familiar with the Degritter II, not necessary `if you own the original, the original KLA, the Audiodesk.  Honestly I don't know if the new KLA is better than the old(supposed to be more reliable), but the Degritter is built well.  I know there machines can clean thousands of records in a relatively short period without failure, well beyond what a typical home owner would use it for.  Those jewelry cleaning cavitation machines were not designed to clean Lp's.  It is what is.