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Tergikleen or AIVS formula 15?

I've got both fluids here that I can use for pre cleaning.

I have 2 spin clean machines one is for washing and the other one is just for rinsing the pre-cleaner off the record before going into the Degritter ultrasonic. 

The Tergikleen is a little more convenient as it's a concentrate that I can mix up and put into Spin Clean #1. The AI fluid is less fun to use since i have to put the record on a work mat and work the fluid in with a MoFi brush before rinsing it off. 

I'm wondering if anyone here has found that one fluid works better than the other? I haven't been through enough records to pick out the difference yet. 

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mswale
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Have your tried the Ai fluid in the spinclean?

You need to do a side/side comparison. That is hard to do, can you manually clean one side with X and the other side with Y then listen? 

With your Degritter after, not sure the pre-clean is as important. Do you use anything in your Degritter? that also make a huge difference.

I would just do what is most convenient for you. My cleaning is also a 2-3 step process, with a manual clean before UC. If it's really dirty, will do both steps twice. 

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