I have been using reagent water. Perhaps unnecessary, Rush mentioned a fairly high grade of water he gets at Whole Foods for almost nothing (you bring your own container). I still use the reagent water to mix fluids (Hannl fluid is great on my Monks) and to do rinse steps. I pre clean all used vinyl on the Monks before it goes into the KL. If a new record (I buy some, not many) looks grotty out of the sleeve, it gets pre-cleaned as well before I plop into the KL.
The more interesting question --can one use some kind of surfactant in the KL? I don't think it is authorized, and am not suggesting that anyone do it, but the more I learn about US, the more I find that the commercial "audiophile" machines don't do it all--that DIY is probably the way to go- not just to save money, but theoretically, to optimize cleaning.
The more interesting question --can one use some kind of surfactant in the KL? I don't think it is authorized, and am not suggesting that anyone do it, but the more I learn about US, the more I find that the commercial "audiophile" machines don't do it all--that DIY is probably the way to go- not just to save money, but theoretically, to optimize cleaning.