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ScottW wrote:

So you think a cotton ball is better suited to get down in the grooves
than disk doctor brushes?

I forgot to say that even if the cotton strands don't get down into the
groove maybe they just swirl the fluid around enough to lift the
adhering dirt away, with the help of the glycerin wetting agent.

Disk doctor cleaning solutions wet well...

I'm about to clean a couple of discs I just got from Sundazed
and I have to say...I'm most diappointed.
The packaging has no crumple zone so UPS buckled
one corner which in turn crumpled a corner of the outer sleeves.
The record aren't obviously scratched... but they are filthy.
I mean dirty with dust and fingerprints and some stained
looking areas. No way I try to play them without cleaning
and if they sound like they look...they're going back.
I'll accept the wrinkled sleeves but if the records are scratched
or as noisy they look...I'm sending 'em back.

I'm also intrigued with the idea of playing the record wet. I have an
old but not excessively worn stylus I might try one day.

I'd be more worried about wicking moisture up the cantilever
into the cart body where the coils would most certainly not
approve.

ScottW