Generic Record Cleaning Solutions


I own an Orbitrac record cleaner and the fluid ran out. I was about to buy replacement fluid and got to thinking about generally available stuff, like generally available in a hardware store. I've got some trashed records I won't play due to clicks and pops, so I tried denatured alcohol. It dries quite quickly and without residue or water left behind. I could find no softening of the vinyl or other deterioration of the record surface. Has anyone tried out something similar? I'm now wondering about carbon tetrachloride, xylene, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, god knows what other carcinogenic fluids I can try.
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Showing 2 responses by paul_frumkin

Sorry Eldartford, but I swore off drinking vinyl cleaning formulas some 10 years ago. This way, there's actually some left in the house when I want to clean a record. :-)

Best regards to all,
Paul
Using Vodka to clearn records is a bad idea. All vodka sold in the U.S. is charcoal filtered. This is good for taste, but bad for our purpose, because charcoal-filtering loads the vodka with hydrocarbons.

Best regards to all,
Paul