What is the best cleaning fluid recipe for ultrasonic vinyl record cleaning?
Ultrasonic cleaning is different from classic record cleaning methods. It does not need much assistance from detergents and other fluid additives.
The ultrasonic cleaning process benefits from adding surface tension lowering substances to distilled water such as wetting agents like Ilford Ilfotol, Kodak Photo-Flo or Tergikleen. Just add a few drops until the records appear smoothly coated with water while they travel outside the fluid during a cleaning run. Adding a few percent of alcohol to distilled water has a similar effect, with the added benefit of aiding the removal of fatty residue such as finger prints and similar. Ultrasonic cleaning gets the job done by the formation of microscopic bubbles in the cleaning fluid that contain a vacuum. These bubbles grow through the energy distributed in the tank by the ultrasonic pressure waves that run through the cleaner tub. At a certain size the bubbles implode and their energy is released as localized pressure waves. These pressure waves create a strong fluid flow across the dirt particles on the surface of the records, essentially removing them mechanically. The fluid then transports the dirt away from the surface. |
CleanerVinyl Easy6 Audiophile Kit installed on 6 liter ultrasonic cleaner. The Easy6 System includes 1 micron cleaning fluid filtration and a drying position for the records with integrated fan for accelerated drying.
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What is the best cleaning fluid recipe for ultrasonic vinyl record cleaning?
Ultrasonic cleaning is different from classic record cleaning methods. It does not need much assistance from detergents and other fluid additives.
The ultrasonic cleaning process benefits from adding surface tension lowering substances to distilled water such as wetting agents like Ilford Ilfotol, Kodak Photo-Flo or Tergikleen. Just add a few drops until the records appear smoothly coated with water while they travel outside the fluid during a cleaning run.
Adding a few percent of alcohol to distilled water has a similar effect, with the added benefit of aiding the removal of fatty residue such as finger prints and similar.
Ultrasonic cleaning gets the job done by the formation of microscopic bubbles in the cleaning fluid that contain a vacuum. These bubbles grow through the energy distributed in the tank by the ultrasonic pressure waves that run through the cleaner tub.
At a certain size the bubbles implode and their energy is released as localized pressure waves. These pressure waves create a strong fluid flow across the dirt particles on the surface of the records, essentially removing them mechanically. The fluid then transports the dirt away from the surface.
The ultrasonic cleaning process benefits from adding surface tension lowering substances to distilled water such as wetting agents like Ilford Ilfotol, Kodak Photo-Flo or Tergikleen. Just add a few drops until the records appear smoothly coated with water while they travel outside the fluid during a cleaning run.
Adding a few percent of alcohol to distilled water has a similar effect, with the added benefit of aiding the removal of fatty residue such as finger prints and similar.
Ultrasonic cleaning gets the job done by the formation of microscopic bubbles in the cleaning fluid that contain a vacuum. These bubbles grow through the energy distributed in the tank by the ultrasonic pressure waves that run through the cleaner tub.
At a certain size the bubbles implode and their energy is released as localized pressure waves. These pressure waves create a strong fluid flow across the dirt particles on the surface of the records, essentially removing them mechanically. The fluid then transports the dirt away from the surface.
CleanerVinyl Easy6 Audiophile Kit installed on 6 liter ultrasonic cleaner. The Easy6 System includes 1 micron cleaning fluid filtration and a drying position for the records with integrated fan for accelerated drying.