From Irene McC Sent Sat, Apr 11th 1998, 13:00
On 11 Apr 98, -wheeler- wrote re: (idm) Cleaning Vinyl: > what do people recomend for effectively and undamagingly cleaning > records? That includes any substances and materials. Sunlight Liquid (that's a pure soap-ish liquid detergent used here in South Africa for doing the dishes... don't know about elsewhere!) on a soft cloth and *tepid* water. NOT HOT !!! :-) If there's a lot of static on the album and it's old and scratched, you can actually play it wet - ie. cover in water with a little 'wetting agent' (the above liquid detergent works wonders to make the water spread evenly and stop bolbs and puddles forming). If you live in a hard water area, use pre-boiled water from your kettle (make sure it's not hot) to avoid calcium build-up. I * " only dead fish swim with the current "