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A 6-year long discussion about water.  Would that our politicians were nearly as obsessed with clean water as are audiophiles.  Distilled water ought to be fine, might even be overkill.  Filtered tap water, to remove macro sized particulates, would probably also be as good.  Another factor in the outcome is how you dry the LPs.  Vacuum suction would seem to go a long way to removing any "dirt" in the water used to clean, but air drying would leave such stuff on the surface of the LP.  Probably most of that would be too large to sit down in the grooves.  Thom made a good point about once-used water.

Well we know the ones in Michigan are not.

Would that our politicians were nearly as obsessed with clean water as are audiophiles

@lewm not to belabor the point, but at the time this thread was originally posted, I was not aware of the DIY methods of filtration of particulates from the US bath-- that sort of kit can be put together fairly inexpensively along with other features that may or may not be available on the "made for records" US machines. It is a fair point regarding pollution of the bath water. Rush Paul and Tima have written about it, as has Neil Antin, who developed mil-spec cleaning methods for 02 systems on Navy submarines. Yeah, it can get a little obsessive. :)