Don't waste money on ultrasonic RCMs


chayro
Ri-i-ight. And then you can spend all the money you saved on cryo-ed cable crayons.
I see tons of people that claim alcohol has no effect on vinyl. I've tried lab grade 99.8% pure IPA and I can see the vinyl change when it hits the surface. The color changes from a deep black shiny color to dull gray- black. Has anyone else observed this? I've tried two brands of IPA. And it made the LP sound worse- more background hiss than before use. I must be using the wrong stuff??
I use an inexpensive RCM instead. Record Doctor V.  It does a really good job if you clean and then rinse with distilled water. 
Those of us who bought LPs in the 60s knew (or found out) that even if you only use isopropyl to clean your stylus with an artist's brush you wait 15 minutes (and blow on the stylus a lot) before playing anything. Otherwise, sounds great once. After that.. irreparable hiss.
I was taken aback years later to hear that you use alky on CDs, but it works fine on them. Never on a vinyl record.
Interesting Youtube video, thanks for posting. One must keep an open mind. Try it on one PL that you don't really care about and see what happens over time.
I can't begin to imagine what sort of gunk people have on their LPs that would require alcohol to remove.