CLEAN RECORDS WITH WHAT?????

There have been several threads posted on this topic over the past 6 months, so you might search the archives for the ideas already posted.

As a quick response to your question, I have used the following cleaning solution on my LP's for more than 20 years and found that it does an excellent job:
1. 1 gallon of distilled water -- pour off 1 pint
2. Add 1 pint of 99% pure isopropyl alcohol, available in some drugstores, to the distilled water
3. Add about 1 TSP of a good surfactant (I use a surfactant that I bought from a chemical supply house).

You will get some folks who strongly advise against using alcohol, but I have never had any problem in the quantity described above.

You can also buy a non-alcoholic cleaning solution concentrate directly from VPI, the turntable manufacturer.

For removing really stubborn material from LP's, I have read some recent posts that one of those small, portable steam cleaners works very well. Remove the worst material using the steam, then clean the LP with the regular cleaning solution.

check out the buggtussel Vinyl zyme on our show case on audiogon or at the buggtussel web site at --http://www.buggtussel.com/

if we can be of any help let me know
good listening
Stephen
Quest For Sound

Many analog freaks swear by the dick doctors miracle record cleaner, on the vac, undiluted if really dirty, then folowed by two rinsings of distilled water. The rinses are critical. Also look at using the disk doctors brushes, one each for cleaning and rinsing.

My process: Clean off surface dirt with Discwasher. Using clean baby cotton burping cloths cut in squares, go over record with Torumat and rinse with triple distilled water(bought at Giant Food Mkt-Finast brand, Bottled in Lancaster,Pa.-$.49/gal.)Go over again with Disc Doctor and dry with Orbitrac. Repeat on second side. Then clean on 16.5 with VPI fluid and brush. Gruv'n'Glide if desired (I like it.)That's for used records, and I try to buy only those rated mint or near mint condition. I get real quiet records this way. New ones- Orbitrac + 16.5.

Gmc...Dick Doctor?!? Ouch, that sounds like it's really for the Analog Freaks!