Will this stuff ruin my records?

@rvpiano,

You may wish to reconsider - Dirt accumulating on stylus after record cleaning | Steve Hoffman Music Forums - see post #20.

The only way you will know for sure is to try it on a less desirable record.  The better it sounds after cleaning, the better the solution.   I can only think the VPI will improve its performance, not hinder it.

Never mind.  Thank you.
I just used it, and the record actually was worse than before.

Returning it!

If it smells like dry cleaning fluid, dump it !!!

Dry cleaning fluid would likely damage vinyl. Then read the thread on cleaning vinyl properly. In my VPI I use distilled water containing Isopropyl alcohol up to 25% plus a few drops of Triton X100 or Tween20 per liter. Then I rinse w distilled water. 

Dawn (or any dishwasher liquid) added to distilled water is your friend! Followed of course by a distilled water rinse. No need to add surfactants! Those are already present in dishwasher liquids. I have safely cleaned over a thousand LP's this way!

Here we go again. Please read Antinn’s discourse on why not to use Dawn or any other commercial dishwashing detergent.

It's the only thing that gets tomato sauce off my records.

FWIW - this is what is in Dawn - CPID (whatsinproducts.com). There are 20 ingredients of which only 4 are doing any cleaning - and they are anionic and nonionic surfactants and alcohol. The product is not naturally thick - other ingredients including salt are added to thicken the product. However, as far as dish detergents go, Dawn is a quality product with 26-45% doing something. Other cheaper dish detergents are nowhere the same concentration or quality.

How you use Dawn is key - what concentration are you using, and because of the other 16 ingredients including the thickeners make rinsing important otherwise you will leave residue, and the product will not rinse easily.

As a better industrial/lab product I always recommend Alconox Liquinox Liquinox_tech_bull.pdf (alconox.com) which is a combination of anionic & nonionic surfactants that is about 50% concentrated and for sink cleaning use 1% (100:1 dilution as delivered) and for vacuum-RCM use 0.5% (200:1 dilution as delivered). Liquinox is not thickened and is formulated for easy rinsing.