Fluids....

AIVS  n°6 and L’Art du Son. Easy to use and very effective. L’Art du Son needs 2 minutes rest on the record before drying. Walker at least 3 minutes. Fir the very dirty records, 3 steps AIVS. The 4 steps Walker is very effective too but it seems to raise the minds a bit. 

That’s only my experience. 

Over the last 6 weeks I've been listening/comparing 3 different fluids. VPI, L'Art du Son and Monks discOvery. While all did a good job I felt the discOvery was clearly better in that I heard less ticks and got a blacker background. This wasn't done very scientificly but would do side A of an LP with one fluid then side B with another and repeated this process. My listening notes were always consistent and the discOvery always came out first. Just one persons perspective.

It’s make my own using alcohol, water, simple green, and alconox (liquinox) then clean using the Gem Dandy. It’s amazing and powerful but makes a mess :)

I can say that you can make your own that will work as well as any out there because they all work about the same and all of them usually have about the same ingredients. You just save a lot of money making it yourself sometimes 10 to 20 times less.

This is one of those audiophile angst questions that isn’t that hard. I use the Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solution. It’s a one step formula. Easy for me.   I think as long as you use something, pick a brand and follow their regime and move on.