Deep Cleaning Records With Steam?

I admit to getting carried away with the Prince record. I was just seeing how much I could steam. I am going to try the mild bleach. I do believe cleaning with hot water for sure works. Funny no one has done it to vinyl records before? I mean we clean everything in hot water?

How much bleach to distilled water?

I would try with white distilled vinager first instead of bleach. Give it a try! It works just find.

Be very cautious with bleach...it is a strong oxidizer and may attack some components of the vinyl if you over do it.

Agree you must be careful. But a weak bleach solution will not harm the vinyl. Thousands of swimming pool liners get much more concentrated doses with no adverse impact. Remember, this is a one time application that is removed promptly. I have used it on some great garage sale finds with very good results. It is not recommended for general cleaning but rather specifically for mold removal. Works fantastic for that.

Cleaned a Abbey Road (Beatles) lp and it was a BIG improvement! The improvement came in voices mostly. Much easier to tell who was singing each song and back-ups. I was quite surprised. Thanks Crem1!

I also cleaned a White Album with mixed results. It sounds more open and I hear things I never heard before but it seems to reveal what I always thought that the album has was more wear than is visible. So the mixed results are I thought it was going to clean the mold off and the lp would sound great but it still does not sound great (just more open) but the high's seem worse or I just notice them more?

Anyone else find that out?

The upside is HUGE with this though like a component (pre amp) upgrade. I would say as noticeable as when I got the RCM which I always tell people that is big. They do seem to work well together.