Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!info-high-audio-request From: mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end Subject: Re: alcohol vs. vinyl Message-ID: <6716@uwm.edu> Date: 2 Oct 90 13:30:39 GMT Sender: news@uwm.edu Lines: 10 Approved: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu In article <6685@uwm.edu> Steve_Graham@ub.cc.umich.edu writes: >I have often heard that alcohol is bad for vinyl. I have also heard that I used to work for a high end store at which we made our own cleaning fluid for a KMAL cleaning machine. It was 90% distilled water, 10% isopropyl alcohol, a dash of Discwasher fluid as a wetting agent. It was important to get the stuff off fairly quickly as the alcohol would damage the vinyl if left on, we were told. It worked quite well.