Finding ultra-pure water locally...

John, go to http://www.audiointelligent.com/ , then "Product Information." Scroll down to their Ultra-Pure water. For $18 they'll quickly ship you a 32oz. container of lab grade water which will be perfect as a final wash when cleaning vinyl.

The Pure Water thread referenced above recommends some products at Whole Foods. I don't have a WF store in my local area, but when I was in DC recently I went to a Whole Foods and bought a couple bottles of some type of higher-than-normal-purity water. At the time, I couldn't recall the details from the Pure Water thread, and it turned out that what I bought was not the specific brand Justin_Time recommended. Nevertheless, records that I have cleaned and then rinsed with that water have sounded distinctly better than records rinsed with ordinary grocery store distilled water. Much quieter, and no crackling noise that often develops after a few playings following a distilled water rinse. The crackling issue is explained quite thoroughly by Justin_Time in another thread.

As far as I am concerned, Justin_Time is THE MAN when it comes to water quality issues.

I know my comments don't directly address the question of where to buy ultra-pure water. But I did want to throw in my 2 cents on the whole issue of ultra-pure vs. distilled water. Going to extreme lengths on water quality really does make a difference.

Tks everyone for the informative responses. This is obviously a more complex subject than I had originally imagined. But I now have some great leads to get me started. Much appreciated.

John

Albert, thanks for the info. This evening, I just followed your lead and ordered a four-gallon case of my own from microscopes.com.

Albert and Cincy_bob - what sort of storage container do you plan to use? From the Finding Pure Water thread, I read amber colored glass jugs should work better than plastic.