I totally agree with Antinn based on personal experience. When I finally adopted the practice of rinsing with distilled water after washing with the above concoction, I definitely heard an improvement compared to prior years when I did not rinse but did everything else the same. So I wash with the solution, then dry with vacuum, then rinse liberally with distilled water, then dry again with vacuum, using VPI HW17. That's the ticket.
Record cleaning formula using Triton X-100
Would someone share their recipe for making your own record cleaning solution using Triton X-100? This is the surfactant I have. Also, if you could simplify proportions constrained to a one gallon container, this would be much appreciated. I have seen recipes ranging from a 5% IPA proportion to 25% IPA, and not sure which is too little or too much? The proportion of Triton varies between recipes, as well. I gave up on the thread a while back for the Best Record Cleaning Solution...
This solution would be for use in a record cleaning machine, not an ultra sonic cleaner. Also, would there be a difference in proportion using 91% IPA vs. 99% IPA? I have 91% on hand, but could change to 99% if results would be that much more noticeable. I am not too concerned with drying time. For measuring the Triton, I do have a 5cc and a 1cc syringe, courtesy of my local pharmacy. Thanks.