“Purchasing the concentrated version of the Record Doctor solution is a much better deal than the prepared bottle of solution. It works as advertised and since it is very economical, it encourages you to use the fluid generously on your records, leading to a much better cleaning.”
“Works great and is cost effective. Only caveat is to mix this with distilled water and to store in a glass or stronger plastic container because this is a fairly strong mixture.”
“I have begun to pay attention to my vinyl collection again and so purchased these items. The restorative result with this combo has been astounding. Records that endured all the abuses of the 60's and 70's end up looking brand new and highly playable again. The vacuum on the Record Doctor V is insanely loud but worth enduring for the astonishingly great outcome.”
“Coming from a background of having tried many, many, MANY different cleaners and approaches to cleaning vinyl, the path brought me to this particular cleaner, the Record Doctor RxLP Record Cleaning Concentrate. I had done everything from hand cleaning to setting up my own shop vac with a modified attachment. Used commercial and home brewed cleaners with an added surfactant. You name it.
Eventually I "broke down," and purchased the Record Dr. VI cleaning machine, which is amazing, but I'll save that for another review. This came with the already made version of this record cleaner. I was impressed. Impressed enough I promptly got online and was set to purchase a bigger bottle to use with the machine. Once I got online I saw this concentrate version that could make up to a gallon and figured, why not, give it a try.
As a note to future buyers, what made this easier for me was to purchase an empty 1 gallon chemical containe with a screw on lid as this would make keeping the solution easier and less likely to spill out or have the gallon water bottle puncture and such. I poured the contents of the 1gallon distilled water and the shockingly small bottle of concentrate into the empty container, screwed on the lid and let it sit over night.
I fired up the Record Doctor VI the next day, and decided I would just use the concentrate and compare to the cleaner that came with my machine, and all the other cleaners I had made and purchased previously. Needless to say this concentrate concoction worked fantastically. I'm not completely sure of the contents but it seems to have a surfactant in it that keep the water pooled up on the surface pulling out the dust, and can easily be spread around. Vacuumed off cleanly with no streaks whatsoever and left both new, old but in very good condition, and "scratchies," from dollar bins in great, static free, quite condition. I loved it.
If you own a Vacuuming system of any sort I highly recommend this concentrate as obviously you take your record cleaning seriously like I do. I haven't tried it cleaning by hand, but honestly I can't see it being any worse than other cleaners. I can't say. This was strictly purchased for use with a vacuum system and it works fantastically. I did wonder, when I opened the box and saw this curiously small bottle, whether or not it would have enough in it to get the right mix with a gallon of distilled water, however, having mixed my own you get to know that a few drops of surfactant goes a long, long way.
I highly recommend this to my fellow vinyl enthusiasts. Look forward to seeing more results mentioned on this site by said enthusiasts.”
“This little bottle makes one gallon of quality record cleaning fluid. It's one of the best deals out there when you look at the cost of these fluids by volume.”
“I bought this stuff mixed fairly easy with one gallon of distlled water .I was using a 4 oz bottle of record doctor Rx and D4 from discwasher but I'm running low on that .
My discwasher D4 fluid is not doing the same job as the record doctor RXLp fluid ,the surfactant is weak in the D4 fluid .
I like how the Record Doctor Rxlp fluid will clean the records with the record doctor v machine which I own used from Facebook market place .
I'm not a fan of DIY fluids aka make your own with dangerous alochol like isproplol aloholio .
I know audio intelligent one of them use a small amount of methonal of very dirt records from thrift stores .
My second choice is audio intelligent #6 one step fluid ,TM-8 is another one reviewed by Michael fremer from stereohiile magazine .
I personally still like the old D4 fluid but when that stuff sits it gets old ,I'm sure you can add a drop of surfactant too it too reactive it .
I have too say for the cost of 19.99 plus a shipping cost ,I think it's the better way too go
Oh ps for a warning please don't use the new D4+ formula from RCA it's made in China and you'll runen your vinyl ,it made one of my vinyl records dull .
Word of caution don't use it .
Don't mix a diy solution also .
Buy the record doctor RXLp fluid or one made by people who know what there doing :joy:.”
