@mijostyn @rhg3 @lewm @cleeds @dogberry @pindac @jasonbourne71 @richmon @whart @rich121
Good evening to all,
Our original plans made for us have be readjusted for us again. We need to go to another Hospital Tomorrow. Then again leaving for yet another Hospital quite some distance away for a few days. I may choose to leave, Sunday night and stay overnight at a Hospital related Hotel, or leave very early Monday morning. Nevertheless, in either case, my wife needs to be away for two full days. I am informing you of this because I will try to get some matters attended to until and when it does becomes possible to complete more. So, you will be receiving my responses in "dribs and drabs" in as unspecified manner.
I am doing the best I can under all the circumstances, but, that has been our lives for some time now. I occasionally question, whether or not I should have started something like this or not. I hope you can relate, and I thank you for your patience and understanding.
Based on some recent comments, and on those awaiting answers especially @mijostyn , who now has to depend upon morphine to overcome his pain and suffering awaiting a response to his questions to me.
I considered and determined that I would employ an alternative method to be able to satisfy most, if not all, regarding my posted formulation and my intents.
Although the very original post is VERY CLEAR in every respect, it obviously, was not to some. It may have been beneficial to some if a prologue of sorts was provided as well at the onset. This, did now become more clear to me especially when @rhg3 posted (now, post #18) a link to what he described as a "tome", which I did read in its’ entirety, before responding. My response to @rhg3 is now recognized as (post #21) in the Forum. (I state "now" because the Administrator blocked and removed many postings, and, shall I say, justifiably so. The Administrator was correct in His or Her actions.)
If all would please take the time to re-read my response to @rhg3 (posts #21), you will note my gratitude and appreciation, and my kind words, along with my applicable position that it differed to my "exclusive design selection method". Again, another posting written in a very clear manner, however, many had taken this response as an affront to an almost "god-like admired contributor" and in an effrontery manner on my part for saying as much. I shall refer to this individual in future writing as "Mister Wonderful" to keep things simple. Now, Please do not make the same mistakes as in the past - that I am suggesting that this individual is "simple", and any associated derogatory implications that may be inferred. Let us not start again!. However, the author of the "tome" (not my word), chimed in with his admirers, and included himself in this "self-admiration", which did not assist the misunderstandings.
An undeclared "war" was essentially initiated both against me and any additional comments I made, but, also against others, that acknowledged the value of my input, and requested further information. Many deviated immensely from my good intention, and the forum spiraled into abuse, contempt, and further deviated entirely from any truly related matters, and sent the forum down a"rabbit-hole" of absurdities at times.
A clearly presented and simple formulation that contains ONLY THREE ingredients, and, precisely stating the exact amounts of each component to within three decimal place accuracy - upset the entire pre-established "Apple Cart" of understanding for many.
Absolutely Incredible! And, beyond comprehension.
Since water has already been mentioned many times, and ethanol as well. Only one ingredient remains that has not been discussed. And, I would like to mention some attributes about the determined Tergitol before proceeding with my altered and modified approach to this matter for those with apparent difficulties.
And, before I cover some points about the Tergitol in the formulation, I would like to address those who "think" they know everything there is to know about water and ethanol. And the answer is very simple indeed - YOU DON’T! Otherwise, to this day, thousands of individuals would still not be studying and continuing research concerning water, and, the same applies to ethanol.
Now, to discuss the last and only remaining ingredient - Tergitol 15-S-7. Tergitol is a Registered Trademark name belonging to The Dow Chemical Company to differentiate a particular class of surfactants from others that they also produce, as well as other Companies.
Tergitol 15-S surfactants are first and foremost "Non-Ionic Surfactants". Non-Ionic Surfactants are THE ONLY TYPE of surfactant to be used for cleaning records. Period!
Dow Chemical designed the 15-S series to be very high performance Secondary Alcohol Ethoxylates (S A E) to be used in place of Primary Alcohol Ethoxylates (P A E) and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (N P E), and Octylphenol Ethoxylates (O P E). Triton X-100, which was also developed by Dow many years ago, is an example of an (O P E) surfactant.
The "S", or, as written earlier above as, S means it is a Secondary Alcohol. And, what that means is that there is a Hydroxyl group along the mid-section of the hydrocarbon chain to connect it to the "Hydrophilic Chain" of repeating Ethylene Oxide units. The "15" was selected because it represents the maximum number of possible "Hydrophobic Hydrocarbon" atoms in the alcohol chain of the series. Note, it represents the maximum, not necessarily, the exact number. The actual number may be from 11 to 15 depending upon the specific product. This is all in accordance with the "designed intentions". I could be more specific at this point, but, I do not wish to go "deep into the woods", at this point.
The 7 in Tergitol 15-S-7 represents the number of Moles of Ethylene Oxide used to make the end-product, which relates to the Equilibrium Surface Tension Relationship intended by design again, which is a specifically calculated amount, which is extremely significant. All of the above mentioned criteria essentially indicates that it is the best and wisest choice to be used on a hard surface substrate as the vinyl records, with which we are most concerned.
In the interim, also keep in mind, that ONLY four types of surfactants exist in the world. This will be important to remember when I provide my "modified approach presentation" later on. The four types are: A.) Anionic. B.) Cationic. C.) Non-Ionic. D.) Amphoteric. Amphoteric surfactants have both a positive and negative charge on their Hydrophilic end. The dual charges cancel cancel each other out, that is why they are, at times, referred to as Zwitterionic, and then the pH of of a given solution will determine how the Amphoteric surfactant will behave and react. This is very interesting Chemistry, but, it will not concern us and record cleaning. The important thing to remember is that ONLY NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS can be used for cleaning records. This also will be further explained. I do NOT intend to get "deep into the woods" with my later adaptation, I intend to "walk around the edges" of the forest and occasionally "peek" into the deep wooded areas, and "label each peek" with a number that can be referred to if someone requires additional information, or, further explanation.
The Dow Chemical Company designed the Tergitol products with Specific intentions. Dow further designed the Tergitol 15-S with additional specific intentions. Dow then further designed specific items within that designed criteria. All very specialized with specific intended end usages.
And many of you thought that Tergitol 15-S-7 was just "some number designation" that was picked to simply differentiate it from other Tergitols. If you did, do not feel bad, many, if not most chemists, would easily make a similar incorrect assumption.
When I selected a "Specific Scientific Methodology" and "Determined, and Selected Modalities" within the selected "Specific Scientific Methodology", I designed a cleaning formulation with water, which then determined the incorporation of ethanol exclusively, and then determined the exact concentration of ethanol, I was left with the challenge to determine the best surfactant to utilize, and then to calculate the precise amount of surfactant to produce "The Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation". And, to verify the anticipated results to determine if it matched All the Parameters desired, and fulfilled all the criteria required to be certain that it is "The Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" as intended. This was all accomplished by "Design" !
I am assured that the formulation is the "Very Best", and, I hope that you would at least attempt to acknowledge my knowledge and my efforts. And, at some point, be as assured and as confident as I am.