Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?

Thanks Crem1,

I wrote up a whole narrative on a very primitive procedure that I used to steam clean vinyl only to find that the forums have a 700 word limit. I did save the diatribe locally. Possibly I will write it up as a review.

I will say this, while not a cureall for worn or damaged vinyl, steam cleaning DOES work. I am quite happy with the results that I am getting especially with bargain-basement records.

Thank you for your patience, support and encouragement!

Kind regards,

Jan

jwglista,

Distilled water is pure water - the best available. R/O water is no better than distilled water and may be worse if the filters are "worn" or if bacteria is present (which it may not remove).

Regards,

John

Distilled water will not steam properly in many steamers, especially the perfection steamer. Distilled, in my perfection and others, I have read and experienced, shoot more of a stream of water with some steam, than all steam, using R/O water. I say use what ever water you choose.

Friends, As In have outlined before, "the water source one uses has a direct relationship to the results". Some steamers have reported excellent results with scientific "super pure" water products that can be pricey and other threads detail lots of other folks positive experiences.

For my money, I use a water product that has been distilled,R/O'ed,demineralized and deionized ; a battery water product called Peak and sold @ Pep Boys in the USA. I'm sure other similar products abound outside the states only I do not know where they are sold. Many persons email me they have no other source other than distilled , so go figure. I suggest use what you have and always be on the look out for a higher-grade replacement.

Perfection steamer now 14.99 at Walgreens. Bought it yesterday, this is the price on sale at the cash register, no rebate forms or coupons needed.