Re: [ARSCLIST] Record cleaning fluid recommendations?

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

Hi Elliott,

With all due respect, you're recommending products based upon price rather
than the quality of the cleaning.  I'm confident that a superior & safer
level of cleaning is available at a reasonable price & its unfortunate that
you have not had an opportunity to hear the results of using these materials.

Regards,

Duane Goldman

At 09:17 AM 12/15/2003 -0600, you wrote:

> The Folk Center in Mountain View, AR has several thousand LPs and 78s that
> we are transferring to a digital format.  To prepare the discs we are
> using a Nitty Gritty machine.  Nitty Gritty also provides a different
> solution for LPs and 78s.  We are actually using a solution supplied by
> Sleeve City in Memphis, TN which is somewhat less expensive than what we
> would get from Nitty Gritty.  I do not know what is in the solution but it
> works.   Since this project is operating on grant funds we have been able
> to buy some items we could never afford out of our own operating budget
> such as the cleaning machine.  Nitty Gritty makes manual and automatic
> models and information is available via the net.
>
>
>
> Elliott Hancock
>
> Assistant Manager
>
> Ozark Folk Center
>
> P.O. Box 500
>
> Mountain View, AR 72560
>
>
>
> ozarkfolkcenter.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:58 AM
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Record cleaning fluid recommendations?
>
>
>
> We're going to be getting a VPI 16.5 unit to only LP's. I've looked around
> and there seems to be enormous difference of opinion on what kind of fluid
> to use and the methods. Ideally, we should get a Monks or a LoriCraft
> unit, but the money is just not there.  I've considered going for the
> simple 25% technical isopropyl alcohol, 75% deionized/distilled water, but
> I haven't been able to locate suitable wetting agents. Can you use lab
> grade ethylene glycol and if so, how much should you add to the mix?
>
>
>
> RA Friedman, Archivist
>
> Freedman Jewish Music Archive
>
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