If it has no visible sign of degradation, such as cloudiness, it is probably OK. But just to be safe you might throw away anything over five years old. My own VPI solution went bad after about 10 years.
Record Cleaning Fluids--Shelf life
I recently replaced my Nitty Gritty record cleaner with a Loricraft, which has prompted me to revisit the whole business of record cleaning. I have been trying out the AIVS 4-step cleaning process recommended by Doug Deacon (Enzyme, SuperCleaner, Archivist, followed by 2 rinse cycles using the AIVS rinse fluid). This is working OK but it takes too much time--25 minutes or more per record. I need something shorter so I can do a quick 1-step cleaning in order to be able to play a used record, and then I can decide later if I want to invest the time to do a more complete cleaning. I know that AIVS makes a 1-step cleaner and I intend to order some to try. In the meantime, I'd like to try some of my old Torumat cleaning fluid which I figure is now 10 or 11 years old. The bottle hasn't been subject to any abuse since it's just been sitting in my music room all this time, but I wonder if it might go bad after all this time. Does anybody know?
Dave
Dave
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