Re: [ARSCLIST] RECORD CLEANING FLUID

["H. Duane Goldman" <thedoctor@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Don,

Try ACS Reagent grade 1-propanol, aka normal propyl alcohol, as a
replacement.  This is less harsh to rubbers & plastics.  Do not use lower
grade materials as the impurities, though, can be too aggressive.

Regards,

Duane Goldman

At 09:24 AM 8/27/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> On 26/08/03, Graham Newton wrote:
> > Don Cox wrote in response to  James A. Harrod:
> >
> >> Why not get some Isopropanol and some distilled water and make your
> >> own?
> >
> > No, NO!, a thousand times NO!
> >
> > NEVER use Isopropanol for cleaning records... YOU WILL DO DAMAGE!
> > It may not be immediately obvious, but you will.
> >
> > Ethyl alcohol (the drinking kind) has been used on vinyl discs in the
> > past but contrary to others, it is not recommended for that either.
> >
> > FYI, alcohol dissolves the shellac surface used in many 78 rpm
> > phonograph discs and essentially destroys them.
>
> Well, I have always used just distilled water with the smallest possible
> amount of detergent, but Isopropanol was mentioned as being part of the
> original recipe.
>
> I do use Isopropanol for cleaning tape heads and gunged up styluses.
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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