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Warmed cleaning fluids

While i was doing dishes the other day and i had a idea to try heating my AIVS cleaning solutions before i apply them to the record. I thought well warm or hot water works better for cleaning your dishes or your car, i wonder if warm cleaning fluids would be better for cleaning albums. Now i don't mean to the boiling point but just warm the cleaning fluid by setting the bottle in hot water for 5 min. before it is used.
I have not tried it yet but does anyone know if this would ruin the enzyme cleaning fluid?
Todd
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oilmanmojo
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that is one of the functions of the steaming. It does raise the temperature of the fluid. Usually increasing temps does increase the effectiveness of cleaning. Damage to enzymes cleaners might occur (you have to consult the manufacturer of the fluid) but if it cleans better warm vs cold, do you really care if the fluid is damaged? it gets sucked up anyway. i would not heat up the entire container, just what goes on the record. I alway include a steaming step as part of my record deep cleaning.
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xiekitchen
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just dump em in the jaccuzi for a whirl.
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bob_bundus
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I think what Oildude is suggesting is that once the (unheated, or at most body temperature) enzymes have finished their work of breaking down the surface dirt, then the steam heating shouldn't matter anyway; that seems reasonable enough. Just don't heat up your entire bottle of record wash as that would likely destroy the enzyme-cleaning properties.
The process intrigues me enough to be interested in "trying this at home".
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