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| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @lewm You are preaching to the choir, this what my book PACVR 3rd Ed states: VIII.8.1.a Denatured Alcohol. Denatured alcohol that is purchased on-line or at a hardware store is generally ethanol (drinking alcohol) that has been denatured (made ... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @pryso, Open the document with Adobe PDF Reader. You should have an option to open the document (right click OPEN with) with the web browser or open with Adobe PDF Reader. There should be a free app Adobe PDF Reader for MACs. | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @pryso, There is a left hand drop-down Table of Contents and clicking (touching if you have a touch screen) on any Chapter will link you to the applicable Chapter. Otherwise the document is extensively cross-linked so if you click on any refere... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @lewm The company site lists denatured alcohol Denatured alcohol - Wikipedia while the SDS just lists ethanol. Here is an example of denatured alcohol - Microsoft Word - 6210GHS (chemtel.net) and this a safe solvent, but this is also denatured ... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @robjordan Rob, Yes, the Dehypon is ok to use as wetting agent in this mix. As far as the crystalline citric acid, this is where I stop. I am not getting into the formulating of products. The DWV + some drops of a nonionic surfactant wetting... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @robjordan, Rob, The Ecover Zero Non Bio is a good product. I was able to locate this SDS Ecover-Laundry-Liquid-Zero-Non-Bio-Laundry-Liquid-COSSH-Sheet.pdf and it mostly supports what their site is listing for ingredients. Essentially as a ... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records @robjordan, Rob, Dehypon LS54 is a just a pure nonionic surfactant, and relatively mild. For pre-clean you want a more aggressive cleaner. See what is written Table II. A top quality liquid, machine clothes detergent that is not colored (no d... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @wavez, One step, of course, its called a $3000 Degritter or maybe a $6000 Clearaudio Double Matrix Pro Sonic. Convenience is expensive. There is the ~$500 (w/shipping) Humminguru, but to get good results with it you need multiple steps. As... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @fj40jason, There have been some updates - instead of DWV, now using Alconox Citranox (mixed 1.5%) - all details are in the 3rd Ed - Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records-3rd Edition - The Vinyl Press. Take Care, | |
| Strange looking vinyl @deadlift,Here are three cleaners you can try as a soak (try a spot) that you likely have in your home and will not harm the record:-Isopropyl Alcohol - standard store bought 91% - soak a spot for 15-30 min (you will have to reapply as it evaporat... | |
| Best phono stage for Lyra Etna SL cartridge? @chungjh,Having missed your other post - https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/vta-adjustment-on-technics-1200g, disregard my comment regarding tweaking of the VTA. | |
| Best phono stage for Lyra Etna SL cartridge? @chungjh,Have you tried tweaking the VTA. Lowering the tail just a little bit (assuming you have a tonearm that has adjustable VTA) can often reduce sibilance. If this does work, then go back and try higher impedance. You may need to tweak &... | |
| 3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢 @rauliruegas,Please do not bring me back into this conversation. But, for the record, this is what I said about the SAT:"However, from my perspective as someone with an engineering background, this table is not breaking any new state of the art. ... | |
| Heat Very simply, the operating temperature of electrical equipment is X deg F above whatever is the ambient w/o forced cooling such as a fan. If X deg F is say 25F, and the ambient temperature is 75F, the internal operating temp is then 25F + 75F = 1... | |
| 3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢 These reviews are mostly purely subjective, and as such makes comparison subjective. Here is an objective review of a Wheaton Tri-Planar II Tonearm circa 1988 - Wheaton Tri-Planar II Tonearm (Jun. 1988) (gammaelectronics.xyz). 30-yrs ago, this... |