LAST Record Preservative - Application Techniques

Karma 16, do you use Last products for cleaning records too?

HI,
No I don't. I use a home made brew that works very well. I have no reason to think the Last cleaner solution is anything but excellent. Maybe I should use it. But mine works well and is a lot cheaper. I developed my formula before Last had a cleaning solution for sale.

Hi.I see. I of course want to have clean records but even more important for me is safety to the vinyl. There are records that would be very difficult and expensive to replace. I would prefer to use only distilled water, but that's not good enough.

HI Inna,
I think your priorities are correct. I guess I don't understand your reluctance to use well proven cleaning solutions. Yes, distilled water is not very effective but if the record is clean to begin with water would at least remove the surface dirt. It would be better if mixed with a tiny amount of dish washing detergent to act as a wetting agent.

Why don't you call the Last factory and get their thoughts on the issue. Personally, I think you are making a big deal out of a non-issue. After all, I have many collector records that I would not think twice about cleaning. And, I haver harmed one of them since I bought my VPI 17 which was a long time ago.

Also, you should realize that if your record care habits are solid, cleaning is not often necessary.

I don't really have a reluctance to use proven things, that's why I asked you specifically about Last. But I would be suspicious of 'new and improved better than anything else' cleaning solutions.
Ebm, what do you hope to accomplish? First, when we were talking about Simon Yorke turntables you jumped in with your TW Acoustic, and now you say that Last stuff is no good without elaborating.