Steam cleaning records 2

After 6 months of thinking about it I finally took steps to start steaming. Watching stltrains' video recently is what did it. My cleaning regime is very similar on a 16.5 RCM but without the steam, like separate pickup tubes for wash and rinse, separate brushes for wash and rinse, and then two sets of all that, one for new records and one for old dirty ones. I was using two VPI mats, one for old records and one for new. I like your method better, one for the dirty side and one for the clean. And I was using Disk Doctor for old records, with garden variety distilled water to mix the cleaner with and for rinse. I used RRL fluids for new records.

So today I bought two gallons of Peak battery water, ordered a Mc 1235 steamer from Home Depot, and ordered fresh VPI mats for the RCM.

Stltrains, where do you order your Nerl water from? I found it online at Express Medical Supplies, is that where you get it?

Thanks all for the wealth of information.

Hello Jeff ss glad that you are getting those good results from steaming your lps. Here is the number to Nerl
800 556 7575.
Have a good one and enjoy your music while you can.

Crem, thanks for the update on the MC steamer, as well as the info on Peak water.

Readers, I can onlt relate my experience with the MC1235 has been nothing short of every quality I want for a handheld record steam unit. The continous water re-fill , meaning you can refill without unpluging or cooling, the variable steam control (hi & Lo) provides options never before available for LP cleaning. Even the nozzels machined in brass surrounded by heatproof plastic give you three options all providing pinpoint accuracy & control. The unit works differently than the traditional water boilers currently available. The MC 1235 does not bring to boil the water in its holding tank(10oz.) . The water release trigger on the handel releases , injects a small precise shot of water into a micro-steaming tank that instantly creates a bloom of steam released 1-3 seconds later , lasting 3 seconds. The MC1235 does what water boilers can not, that is creating controlled measures of steam you control in intensity with a flip of a switch. For someone who fails to appreciate that process they could misunderstand that the trigger does not release steam as traditional water boilers . And lastly, the MC 1235 appears safer making steam only on demand.

As for quality control mine operated as advertised out of the box. I have contacted Top Innovations in the past . They always responded within a day & were helpful. As for Tvads post, It appears that the MC 1235 was either defective or failed to meet the requirements of some buyers.Such is life. The best to all.

Ho72, thank you.

Readers, I have been surprised to learn that the MC 1235 has not been as well received as traditional water boiler vs. instant steam makers . What I over-reached upon was the notion that to the novice steamer & others they would feel greater confort using MC 1235. That has not been the case . The traditional water boilers work perfectly & while the MC 1235 takes steaming to a new level , that is not exactly a confort to many. I make this admission so that newbees to steaming understand that water boilers such as the Walgreens Steam cleaners are also suited to record steam cleaning. What's important is having a clean water source; proper technique, the use of record cleaning fluids ,and a RCM should own one. More to come from other posters I'm sure.