Whats the best record cleaning fluid?

Although I am a dealer for Walker Audio, I am not alone in thinking Walker Prelude to be the best.

Although I am not a delear for anything, I am not alone in thinking it is awful, so there you go.

Marketing aside, record cleaning fluids are very much alike. Don't buy into the hype.

It is not rocket science.

Most will do a fine job in concert with a good machine or good brushes and a little elbow grease.

Jejune,

cute. ;-)

What has your experience been that precipitated such a strong opinion for you and your like minded aquaintances?

Re: non-hype alternatives, I've had good luck with especially grody used discs by running them under warm water being careful to avoid wetting the label and then rinsing under a faucet of Reverse Osmosis purified water that I use for drinkng that empties into the same kitchen sink, followed by the vacuum. For particularly stubborn spots of unidentified gunk I have applied a citrusolve type degreaser before doing the above.

Resentment of businessmen aside, I don't think it is unreasonable to charge decent money for the time invested in developing an effective product and the hassle of making relatively small quantities of it available to likes of us.

That said there's nothing stopping any of us from going the cheap DIY route whether it is as good or not. It's not necessary to take pot shots at those who choose to develop and market products to those who don't want to bother with DYIing it.

The Walker stuff carries a 30 day money back guarantee. Where's the problem?

If someone comes up with a cheap diy fluid I'm all ears.

I do make my own water: double or triple distilled.

However I worked at this for years and had some really nice forumulas which were humbled by the RRL products.

L'art Du Son makes a really nice cleaning solution.

An Enzyme step is also important if you are going to really get your records clean. Buggstussel is what I've been using with excellent results.

I have not yet tried the Walker product but Jejune's comment is the first negative one I've seen about it. Mr. Walker generally gets it right, if pricy.

My experience is that a few of us went in together and bought some of the Walker stuff to try. Like the AIVS fluid, actually even worse than the AIVS fluid, the stuff is a bear to rinse off clean and three and four passes still left rolled off highs. It is not worth my time. The guy who ordered it is trying to take advatage of the money back plan. I am not sure how that is going.

To spout off about some imagined resentment of businessmen is inaccurate and condescending. I'm not sure if you are referring to me about pot shots, but the only one I see making pot shots in this thread is you and they are unfounded pot shots at that.