Mint LP Solution

Thanks for the info Circleman. I have, for quite a long while, been mixing my own solution. I purchased a Gallon of LAST cleaning fluid, and have been diluting it with the highest grade alcohol solution (laboratory grade). This, along with my self-manufactured cleaning brush, and my trusty Loricraft, has been working miracles on all my vinyl. I have tried steam, which works great, and have also self-manufactured an ultrasonic cleaner. The cleaner is designed to have half of the record submerged while manually rotating at my preferred speed. I’m happy to say that my cleaning solution/brush technique is as good as the steam and ultrasonic setup. Just not as messy. Cheers!

Firstly Circelman, and the rest of us fine A-Gon Brothers,and Sisters, I'd like keeping this thread civil, and as well educational-beneficial to all.

Yip in Hong Kong is certainly a fine fellow to deal with, as I have, for the MintLP Protractor. A fine craftsman, and businessman I will say,and of course, all others will chime in, with agreement.

But, Yip is a 1/2 a world away, not exactly a convenient souce for my cleaning products.

There's too much variance to fully guarantee that "mr y" is correctly using another product to make a solid judgement about any cleaner being currently marketed today.

With some saying the L'Art Du Son, doesn't clean as well as so, and so, or Mo-Fi cleans better than brand Z, etx.

There's lots of proponents here of the Walker Prelude system, and they claim it is the best available. I have little doubt these gentleman don't know what they're talking about, and that Walker Prelude is a world class cleaning system, specifically designed for the finest analog playback systems.

Same with AIVS Products, these are both cutting edge products, and the variance, will of course be "how" you use them.

I do firmly, and personally belive, that the multi-step system will never be surpassed, nor improved upon, these systems make totally logical sense to me. And as others will agree, the rinsing step is very highly important to compliment any cleaning system, whether multi-step, or a single step cleaner.

Time is a critical factor with a cleaner. Yip says 30 seconds. Why 30 seconds? Is this long enough with his cleaner? It might be, and this might mean also, that 2 minutes is too long, thus enabling damaging effect to take place with his cleaners? This I don't of course know, I've never used MintLP cleaning products.

And then there's the quaetion, can we treat each, and every one of our records the same? Can I trust Yip's cleaner to be just as effective with a 30 second soak, on one of my mint, well cared for Mo-Fi's, as I can with a $1 thrift find? I'm kind of thinking no, that I cannot expect any cleaner to be totally effective at doing it's job under these varying sets of circumstances. Mark

A frequently asked question about Mint LP Solution is how long should one soak the LP with it before vacuum dry?

Before answering this question, let me clarify that Mint LP solution contains no strong agent or harmful chemical and a long soak time will do absolutely no harm to your LP.

However, in our findings, there is little or no benefit from a long soak time over a shorter one. In fact, Mint LP solution, or any other water base fluid, will begin to dry up on a LP surface in about 1 minute. Hence leaving a thin film of solution for 30 seconds on the LP will be fine. For really dirty LP, we suggest to do a "clean-play-clean" cycle every fortnight and in about one round or so, the positive result will prevail.

A lot of testing and research went into developing Mint LP Solution and it is certainly not a new product by any means. Back in year 2000 when we first developed this water-base cleaning formula, Mint LP Solution went through stringent testing with a group of vinylphiles before we finally sealing the formula and begin commercializing it in 2005 via the Internet channel.

Yip
Mint LP Solution/Best Tractor