Whats the best record cleaning fluid?


I have a VPI record cleaning machine I got on audiogon. I need to buy or make a recoed cleaning fluid. Any recommendations or sugestions will be welcome.
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Showing 1 response by halcro

On the advice of some of the contributors here, I purchased some Art du Son cleaning fluid and mixed up about 2 litres worth of the concentrate with distilled water.
I poured about a litre into my Raven RCM and stored the remaining litre in a clear plastic bottle sitting beside the RCM.
3-4 months later, I can see some largish amounts of grey/black 'fungal- appearing' growths lying at the bottom of the plastic bottle.
This sure doesn't appear 'kosher' to me and it indicates that the same contamination is sitting UNSEEN in the storage tank of my RCM.
Two questions :-
1. What could this be and why?
2. How do I drain the storage tank of my RCM and 'flush' out the 'growth'?