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water. Cleaned with my clean>steam> rinse> rinse> steam on my okki nokki. Definately seemed to penetrate the grooves better did not have that beading up on my rinse pass.
album sounded much quieter only done two so far.......so far so good
added 1 drop to 1/2 litre of Aquafina
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Seems to me the wash cycle would be even more important to get fluid into the grooves.
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I have always used straight water (steam distilled or Aquafina), but I have always wondered if the surface tension and resulting beading of the water was actually doing any good. (I use the Disc Doctor pads.)I mixed up another bottle of rinse water with one drop of Jet Dry to try on some albums and see if I too can discover a difference.
Edits: 08/11/12
Well, it's been about a month. I've added a drop of Jet Dry to my rinse water solution (0.5 litre Aquafina) and have been using it instead of just the pure water. The water behaves a little differently on the record with slightly less beading and gives the general impression that it's a bit move "saturative" (I don't think that's a word) down in the grooves. I know it's just anecdotal, but I think the rinse is actually cleaner and I think the records are slightly quieter. This is good enough for me.
Just as a side note, since the surface tension of straight Jet Dry is so darn low, getting just one drop to come out is not so easy! :) It must be a learned technique.
One of the main ingredients of Jet Dry is citric acid. Vinegar.
Citric acid is either lemon or lime juice. I guess all citrus would qualify though.
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.oops....vinegar is acetic acid, not citric. I've never smelled the familiar smell of vinegar in jet dry...it might work anyway, though
I've read where people have substituted white vinegar for Jet Dry in their dish washers and got very good results. Since vinegar is cheap and widely available, it would be worth a try.
You could try Kodak Photo-flo
I too recommend the Jet Dry to the rinse phase. This breaks the surface tension and allows the water to get in the grooves. Otherwise, the water just beads up.
This helps sonically.
Could you do us all a favor and re-rinse (with only water) one of those albums that you cleaned and got quieter?
Now, that is a good Idea!
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