I've had a VPI for about 6 years and I've made my own fluid from istructions from my dealer who said it was what VPI told him, it works perfectly. Get an empty and very clean gallon jug. Put in 2 pints of isopropol alcohol (the 91% variety) then fill the jug with distilled water (that's a 75 to 25% mix of water to alcohol). At a photography store buy the smallest bottle of "photoflow" soultion you can find (the smallest will last you 10,000 years). Photoflow is the chemical that's added to deleloping fluid to reduce the surface tension when film is developed; the prionciple is the same here; TWO DROPS (and that is ALL) added to the gallon of fluid will help the fluid disperse evenly on the surface of the LP when you apply the brush.
I'm always open to being told why I'm wrong so let me know, but this has been a very inexpensive version of record cleaning solution that, according to VPI, is the samebasic liquid as theirs.
I'm always open to being told why I'm wrong so let me know, but this has been a very inexpensive version of record cleaning solution that, according to VPI, is the samebasic liquid as theirs.