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In Reply to: My DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning posted by Rushton on October 21, 2016 at 11:58:48:
I have been using Triton X-114, Propanol-1, Labtone, and steam distilled water with my old Nitty Gritty 3.0. I once tried Quaternary salts and distilled water by itself many years ago, but that didn't work. The quaternary salt solutions I used were in the picture below. The SD43 is readily available for me at our large electronics store in town, but I am sure the Radio Shack brand is long gone. All of Radio Shack stores locally are gone anyway.
I have used my Taiwanese ultrasonic machine (picture below) with the cleaning solution mentioned above, but my machine is far from convenient. It does only one record at a time, and it must be manually turned. I have to pump out the water with a hand pump after 9 records, and I pass that water through a coffee filter and into a gallon jug for storage. I also give the ultrasonic cleaned record a rinse with a solution of steam distilled water and 5% alcohol. I found that straight distilled water would not spread out adequately over the record surface without the alcohol.
I have a friend that just purchased the same tank and record turning apparatus as yours, so I will talk to him about the cleaning solutions that you are using. I believe that he is only using distilled water at this time, as he doesn't have a vacuum cleaning machine.
It is interesting that Photo Flo 200 is a nonionic surfactant just like Tergitol and Triton X100. Tergitol, like Photo Flo, also contains a couple other glycol compounds. In the early 60s record cleaning expert Cecil Watts used a photographic wetting solution(probably Photo Flo) for cleaning records.
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Follow Ups
- Many many thanks for your helpful post and actual experiences. - alaskahiatt 15:47:19 10/21/16 (8)
- RE: Many many thanks for your helpful post and actual experiences. - VINYLHEAD 08:35:26 10/21/17 (0)
- RE: Many many thanks for your helpful post and actual experiences. - Rushton 16:17:49 10/21/16 (6)
- I think that Photo Flo 200 was used previously, because people could - alaskahiatt 18:03:09 10/21/16 (5)
- Thanks for the heads-up - bcowen 06:18:50 10/22/16 (0)
- RE: I think that Photo Flo 200 was used previously, because people could - Rushton 19:36:49 10/21/16 (3)
- The bottle is Low density Polyethylene or #4. See the link below. - alaskahiatt 21:51:38 10/21/16 (2)
- RE: The bottle is Low density Polyethylene or #4. See the link below. - Rushton 22:02:18 10/21/16 (1)
- Okay, I filled the bottle with water and watched water coming out of - alaskahiatt 01:16:13 10/22/16 (0)
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