l'art du son cleaning fluid

[GJO]

Yup ! 1:3 ratio here too. The 'mould' problem has only ever been associated with T'Art d.s., to the best of my knowledge.

That would be true ref mould,especially if using DI water which will have much higher bacterial levels than BP grade.

[alphaGT]

Just checked my recipe. Not made any for a while. It's 27.5% IPA. Medi grade water and 12ml ilfotol. Plus a splash of fabric conditioner like cover zero or similar without fragrance additives. This helps with antistatic without causing any probs or residue.

Always make a litre at time. I spray it on with a mister after having covered label with a old cd. Fits great under the screw tightened on the moth.
Then it gets a zero star- ing and into a anti static inner. All records are kept in vinyl sleeves

I like the idea of using a spray bottle. And covering the label with a CD is also a great notion. My Project has a clamp large enough it covers the label with a foam seal. But my old VPI did not, the CD trick would have worked well.

Russell

[montesquieu]

I use a mister as well, it's easier to control than runny fluids.

I cover the label with a nice wide record weight which I find I need sometimes on the Loricraft anyway to cope with slight warp wobble.

BTW I checked out my own bottle of L'AdS, sure enough it's full of floaters, less than two years old and stored in a dry dark cupboard. Shocking really. I'm really glad I didn't put it on very many records before I went back to an IPA mix.

[struth]

Ive got an old bottle of cleaner i reused..it has a screen that goes over the spray that really comes out fine and slightly frothy, and allows it to penetrate better. Been looking for another similar type of bottle but not found one.. got it years ago in lidl

[GJO]

I use these for dispensing https://www.amazon.co.uk/DaoRier-Med...ty+wash+bottle it's easy to control the amount of liquid dispensed and has a fine nozzle,so no need for a cd to cover the lable

[struth]

The noozle. Lol



And with screen



Was a bottle of stain remover if memory serves

[A.Grail]

For testing water / pre mixed branded or home brew fluids place, several drops on a mirror and let it evaporate - If there is residue / salts / deposits etc it gives you a clue what may be left to lurk in the groove.

[Mike Reed]

BTW I checked out my own bottle of L'AdS, sure enough it's full of floaters, less than two years old and stored in a dry dark cupboard. Shocking really. I'm really glad I didn't put it on very many records before I went back to an IPA mix.

Tom. you'd think that for an expensive and well known brand, the manufacturers would have done something about this, as I now know and have read of so many instances of 'mould' appearing whilst in storage. Was this made up mixture or the concentrate?

Personally, I can't imagine that this fungus (?) can harm records, although using it may require a water rinse afterward. Maybe it can be filtered or shaken out? I've never used it as the very cheap yet effective IPA mix doesn't 'go off' and, to my mind. has the advantage of having a quicker evaporation rate after vacuuming and before sleeving. Furthermore, one can be liberal with it due to its comparative v.f.m. aspect.

[montesquieu]

Tom. you'd think that for an expensive and well known brand, the manufacturers would have done something about this, as I now know and have read of so many instances of 'mould' appearing whilst in storage. Was this made up mixture or the concentrate?

Personally, I can't imagine that this fungus (?) can harm records, although using it may require a water rinse afterward. Maybe it can be filtered or shaken out? I've never used it as the very cheap yet effective IPA mix doesn't 'go off' and, to my mind. has the advantage of having a quicker evaporation rate after vacuuming and before sleeving. Furthermore, one can be liberal with it due to its comparative v.f.m. aspect.

This was the concentrate. Pretty much the same as pictured earlier in the thread with floaters in it. I only used one measure of it to make up a single bottle of usable cleaner, I didn’t like it as I considered it left a residue. I then went back to my old IPA mix and the concentrate bottle sat around ever since. I certainly can’t imagine using it now I mean who would wilfully spread fungus on their records?

[mac72]

I've checked L'art purchase date - 25/06/2017 - not even a year