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Can you use the Kirmuss Ultrasonic cleaner without the lengthy white paste steps

I am attracted to the Kirmuss Ultrasonic cleaner but not happy about the lengthy process ( white paste removal and habnd drying) after the cavitation cleaning. I was wondering if I could skip the latter and just use the cavitation cycle followed by a distilled water rinse and dry on my vacuum VPI. Any thoughts
rrm
iamhe
56 posts
 
I have the Kirmuss. I don’t follow their recommended procedure. I tried it but I prefer my current method. My method consist of doing a per-clean with my spin clean and Wash it cleaner, followed by the Kirmuss using Tergikleen. Then I vacuum clean with my project using TM-8. I am pleased with the results
rrm OP
44 posts
 
What are Tergikleen and TM-8?
tonyptony
614 posts
 

@iamhe , did you see Fremer's video from RMAF with the panel discussion on record cleaning? Kirmuss was on the panel along with a bunch of other folks. Based on that discussion it now appears Tergikleen is the devil incarnate

I wish this stuff was more straightforward.

lewm
12,537 posts
 
What's in Tergikleen besides Tergitol, which is a non-ionic detergent very much like Triton (9 carbons in Tergitol instead of 8 in Triton)?  I cannot find a description of its make-up (Tergikleen, I mean) on line.
benjie
327 posts
 
lewm


 Here is the MSDS sheet for Tergikleen http://www.sdpickups.com/pdf/msds.pdf


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