Re: Vinyl cleaning chemical source?

[Chris Hornbeck]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:53:05 +1100, "Wicked" >
wrote:

>Any 'local people' (Australia/NZ/Asia) know where I can get the wetting
>agent I should use?

Hi Russell,

In general, wetting agents are used by photographers for film
development. You may have luck at a camera shop.

Chris Hornbeck
"That is my Theory, and what it is too."
Anne Elk

[William Sommerwerck]

You don't need isopropyl alcohol. Use denatured alcohol. You can get it at any
hardware store, and it's a lot cheaper.

Check at a photo store for Kodak Photo-Flo.

[Fill X]

in mine, I use use photo-flo 200, just dont use too much, maybe 20 drop per
gallon of distilled water. add a pint of alcohol and four ounces of lysol mist-
away shower cleaner (same ingredients as lysol direct, no longer made). This is
not the only formula of course, just the one i've fooled with and liked best.
This is only for a vacuum machine , of course and NOT for 78's.


P h i l i p

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[Peter Larsen]

William Sommerwerck wrote:

> You don't need isopropyl alcohol. Use denatured alcohol.

No, at least not here, contains some sticky goo, not usable for windows
either.
Dishwasher, water with a wee bit of acid (vinegar) in it to make it
pearl off, a bit of suitable alcohol to get the remainder of the water
mostly off, air drying, suitable clean towels and rags and a couple of
record brushes did it fine last time I washed a large nmber of records.

> You can get it at any
> hardware store, and it's a lot cheaper.
>
> Check at a photo store for Kodak Photo-Flo.

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[William Sommerwerck]

>> You don't need isopropyl alcohol. Use denatured alcohol.

> No, at least not here, contains some sticky goo, not usable
> for windows either.

Denatured alcohol is a mixture of ethanol (drinking alcohol) and methanol (wood
alcohol). It does not contain "sticky goo." I've used it for years.

[Peter Larsen]

William Sommerwerck wrote:
>
> >> You don't need isopropyl alcohol. Use denatured alcohol.
>
> > No, at least not here, contains some sticky goo, not usable
> > for windows either.
>
> Denatured alcohol is a mixture of ethanol (drinking alcohol) and methanol (wood
> alcohol). It does not contain "sticky goo." I've used it for years.

Here in Denmark it does contain sticky goo - at least to the extent that
it is useless for window polishing.


Kind regards

Peter Larsen

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[Scott Dorsey]

William Sommerwerck > wrote:
>You don't need isopropyl alcohol. Use denatured alcohol. You can get it at any
>hardware store, and it's a lot cheaper.

It also could have all kinds of things in it. You don't know what is in
there. There's no certification of any sort on it. It is "practical grade"
at best. Might be fine, might not be.

Much better just to get USP grade isopropanol, especially when a bottle of
the 92% or 98% grades is only three or four bucks at the drugstore.
--scott
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[Scott Dorsey]

William Sommerwerck > wrote:
>>> You don't need isopropyl alcohol. Use denatured alcohol.
>
>> No, at least not here, contains some sticky goo, not usable
>> for windows either.
>
>Denatured alcohol is a mixture of ethanol (drinking alcohol) and methanol (wood
>alcohol). It does not contain "sticky goo." I've used it for years.

Denatured alcohol is a mixture of ethanol and any one of a number of
different things used to denature it. There are half a dozen different
denaturants available. Methanol is a common one, but you see pink lady
around a lot also.

In general, denatured alcohol is "practical grade" at best and not terribly
pure. It often has all sorts of high order alcohols, varnishes, and junk
in it. You will notice that it does not even say "Technical Grade" on
the bottle, let alone "CP" "USP," or "HPLC Grade."

Put some down on a sheet of glass, let it evaporate, and see what is left
behind. Might be a lot of junk, might not be. But it's not certified
in any way to be clean.
--scott
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