Can a small amount of bleach hurt your records?


I have been using L'Art du Son record cleaner and noticed that a whitish gray bacteria or some kind of growth has developed in my container. I was told that a few drops of bleach might control the problem but could it damage a record?
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You might get other responses to the contrary, but i have used bleach (weak bleach solution) to clean moldy records when I have purchased some that had been kept in a moist area. The weak bleach solution ( one ounce in a quart of water) will remove the mold. It will not hurt the vinyl. Swimming pools that use vinyl liners are routinely treated with bleach solutions during cleaning. I use the bleach solution as a part of a cleaning regiment when i have moldy records than i have purchased. I start with routine cleaning with soap solution, then use the weak bleach, the followup with a steaming then rinse.
waler audio has a 4 step solution that uses fresh enzymes (mix a batch for the days cleaning) to clean - very effective

bleach - I'd be afraid to test
use an old thrift store record to try
Hi,
I have tried Chlorine dissolved (bleach), actually to prevent algae from growing in my waste container of my Hannl Mera.
No problem, algae dead, records are fine.
Just don't put too much 1 ounce/quart sound fine to me.
A few drops won't hurt, but if your solution is growing things those dead carcasses are going to wind up on your LPs. If it were me, I'd dump the old stuff and get a fresh batch. Keep it cool and in the dark to prevent future regrowth.