l'art du son cleaning fluid

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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.

[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.

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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?