Another homemade record cleaning recipe question.

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It seems the a homemade record (LP) cleaning recipe involves distilled
water, the purest isopropyl alcohol available and some sort of either
wetting and/or cleaning agent. It seems the now no longer available
Lysol Direct was considered a very good wetting/cleaning agent. But,
it is no longer available.

What about using a hard contact lense daily cleaner as the
wetting/cleaning agent? I'm not sure what's in it, but the bottle
label says "A slightly alkaline aqueous solution with
cocoamphodiacetate and glycols, preserved with a 0.1% disodium edetate
and 0.01% benzalkoniom chloride." Yes, I'd rinse it off with distilled
water before playing. Any thoughts, suggestions, comments, etc?
Thanks.

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Pho-Flo has component(s0 which would leave a residue. Specifically not
recommended by Kodak as a wetting agent for record cleaning.


"Midlant" <washrag71@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Have you tried Kodak (or any other brand's) wetting agent Photo-Flo?
> John
>
> <dmkozak@mail.com> wrote in message news2kqdi0322@news4.newsguy.com...
> > It seems the a homemade record (LP) cleaning recipe involves distilled
> > water, the purest isopropyl alcohol available and some sort of either
> > wetting and/or cleaning agent. It seems the now no longer available
> > Lysol Direct was considered a very good wetting/cleaning agent. But,
..

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Stewart,

Since I've used Pho-Flo in my own photography for about 40 years, and the
no-use for record cleaning comes from Kodak, the maker of the stuff, I have
to conclude that your suspicions are uninformed. While the residue of
Pho-Flo on film is functionally transparent, I assure you that it leaves a
residue which you would not want on your records, if you used records. It
has no solvent effect, at least not in any dillution one would use. As a
lawyer, I have to say I haven't noticed any "fear of lawsuits" by Kodak,
and Kodak as a corporation has hardly been shy of lawsuits in its history.
Kodak's history of infringement litigation, as a defendant, parallels the
later business ethics of Microsoft.

I know, maybe PhoFlo just too "scummy' for use on records? Maybe that's why
the DYI formulas say to use a drop of dish detergent?


"Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 3 Apr 2005 15:41:19 GMT, "Randy Stewart" <rand@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> >Pho-Flo has component(s0 which would leave a residue. Specifically not
> >recommended by Kodak as a wetting agent for record cleaning.
>
> Really? And yet it *is* recommended as a finish for high-resolution
> photographic negatives. Hmmmmmm. I suspect the problem lies not in any
> 'residue', but in possible solvent issues and the endemic US fear of
> lawsuits.
>
> >"Midlant" <washrag71@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news2l6lu0sgf@news4.newsguy.com...
> >> Have you tried Kodak (or any other brand's) wetting agent Photo-Flo?
> >> John
> >>
> >> <dmkozak@mail.com> wrote in message
news2kqdi0322@news4.newsguy.com...
> >> > It seems the a homemade record (LP) cleaning recipe involves
distilled
> >> > water, the purest isopropyl alcohol available and some sort of either
> >> > wetting and/or cleaning agent. It seems the now no longer available
> >> > Lysol Direct was considered a very good wetting/cleaning agent.
>
> I use Isopropanol cur 50/50 with distilled water, but rumour has it
> that it may dissolve the adhesive used on certain stylii. Urban Myth?
> Probably, but scary........... :-)
> --
>
> Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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I'm joining this late so may have missed something. I've been using a VPI
HW17 for about 15 years and have had excellent success with a mixture of
distilled water into which I've introduced 20% of 92% isopropyl alcohol.
Into a 1 gal. bottle, I add about three drops of Photo Flow. I don't know
if this is the best or if it is potentially damaging, but I've been
extremely satisfied with the result.

Peter
"Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
news2snic0297p@news3.newsguy.com...
> On 3 Apr 2005 15:41:19 GMT, "Randy Stewart" <rand@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
>>Pho-Flo has component(s0 which would leave a residue. Specifically not
>>recommended by Kodak as a wetting agent for record cleaning.
>
> Really? And yet it *is* recommended as a finish for high-resolution
> photographic negatives. Hmmmmmm. I suspect the problem lies not in any
> 'residue', but in possible solvent issues and the endemic US fear of
> lawsuits.
>
>>"Midlant" <washrag71@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news2l6lu0sgf@news4.newsguy.com...
>>> Have you tried Kodak (or any other brand's) wetting agent Photo-Flo?
>>> John
>>>
>>> <dmkozak@mail.com> wrote in message news2kqdi0322@news4.newsguy.com...
>>> > It seems the a homemade record (LP) cleaning recipe involves distilled
>>> > water, the purest isopropyl alcohol available and some sort of either
>>> > wetting and/or cleaning agent. It seems the now no longer available
>>> > Lysol Direct was considered a very good wetting/cleaning agent.
>
> I use Isopropanol cur 50/50 with distilled water, but rumour has it
> that it may dissolve the adhesive used on certain stylii. Urban Myth?
> Probably, but scary........... :-)
> --
>
> Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering