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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Cleaning records
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 10:15:52 EDT
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>One of my friends uses Isopropyl Alcohol. I was rather skeptic
>when I tried it on some of my records, but it does appear to
>keep fungi from growing on it when the weather gets humid. Static
>buildup also appears to be markedly reduced.
>
>Note: Since I have only tried this out recently, I still don't
>know what are the long-term effects (if any) on the records.
>So far, (6 months later), they sound fine. One advantage is that
>Isopropyl Alcohol is cheap and easily available at your local
>drugstore. I use the purer ones (above 90% alcohol by volume).

From what I've read, using alcohol is not a very good idea.
It supposedly removes and inactivates the preservatives in the
vinyl.  All of the well-respected record cleaning products
(Discwasher comes to mind) are water based.  Since a bottle of
D-4 large enough to last 6 months costs about two dollars, why take
the risk?

Ben Broder
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