RCM's Again

[MCRU]

£5 for 2 sets plus postage John.

[Lee Henley]

Whils we are on the subject of RCM's whats the general consensus on making a home brew liquid to clean the records.

I have now finished my home made RCM and it works a treat, quite proud of it to be honest and many thanks to fellow art of sound memeber "oceanobsession" for helping me out through the way.

I am about to get me some IPA from maplins, Ive got the distilled water, just got to get me the photo stuff or can I use fabric conditioner to break the surface tension of the water?

Any help much appreciated

Lee

[keiths]

I use Kodak PhotoFlo or whatever it's called, but I suspect cheap washing-up liquid or similar works just as well. You're not using much of it after all.

[Lee Henley]

Thanks for that, any idea as to what ratio people prefer to use for the distilled water to IPA?

Cheers

Lee

[Dingdong]

4 parts water. 1 part ipa. Doesn't have to be exact.

[keiths]

4 parts water. 1 part ipa. Doesn't have to be exact.

That's exactly what I use - 100ml IPA in a 500ml bottle topped up with distilled water. Add wetting agent (PhotoFlow, washing up liquid etc) a few drops at a time with a pipette, shake then test by dropping a little of the mix from a pipette onto a tile/mirror/glass etc and seeing if the drop spreads out nicely - if it doesn't, add a bit more wetting agent and repeat until it does.

I also use a pipette to apply the fluid to the record - 2 to 2.5ml per side is just right.

[Lee Henley]

Cheers guys, finally is there a specific brush that people use on here to apply the liquid, I was going to use my carbon fibre brush I use to clean the record prior to playing it, but if there is anything better then let me know

Thanks

Lee

[keiths]

Cheers guys, finally is there a specific brush that people use on here to apply the liquid

I like the KAB DiscSweep brush from http://www.kabusa.com

When I bought mine earlier this year it cost about £15 including delivery (which took just over 1 week).