Home brew cleaning solution

Scottht,
Like Photo46 and Aroc said, and if you want to save $10 Galen Carol sells RRL for $20/bottle.

When you've found a DIY secret recipe you like let me know. I'll be glad to ship you a small sample each of RRL Deep Cleaner and Vinyl Wash, no charge, so you can compare. Unless you're a better chemist than Brian Weitzel, I'll wager you'll end up preferring RRL like virtually everyone else here or on VA who's tried it.

Armstrod,
I haven't used the Orbitrac, but I believe RRL would be at least as suitable as other solutions and more suitable than some.

Vacuuming is best of course, since any liquid that's not quickly vacuumed away will evaporate and re-deposit the crud it was holding in suspension back onto the vinyl. Given that (hopefully temporary) scenario, you want to use a liquid that is benign to your vinyl. RRL contains nothing that could harm vinyl if left on the record. It contains no detergents that could leave a residue of their own. It might actually be one of the better choices for an Orbitrac or other non-vacuuum method.

Agree with Aroc. Brian Weitzel has explained this several times. If he'd wanted RRL to flow more evenly he could have made it do so.

The Disc Doctor, Last and carbon fiber brushes are all about the full width of the grooves, so I start everywhere at once.

Here's one post on surface tension by Brian Weitzel of RRL. I know I've seen others but can't remember where offhand.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&989893521&openflup&100&4#100

I don't know which theory is better. But like Jyprez with his DIY solution and RCM, I'm pleased with the results using RRL almost exclusively on my RCM, so...