lenco anti statatic solution left film on vinyl

[peterS]

my dads record collection has a film on it from a anti static liquid that was rutinely aplied to his records... was never a problem back in the day because adding more disolved the film but it is no longer available as far as he knows

how does he remove it now?

[David Meek]

Peter, was it water-based?

[peterS]

i do n ot know
hopefully someone is familiar with the product

[sokoban]

Does your dad remember what the stuff smelled like?

If it had a strong chemical smell, it was most likely an organic based solvent. Most record cleaning solutions seem to be alcohol based, so rubbing Alcohol would probably be a pretty good thing to try. Other than that, I'd say to try water. Any stronger organic solvent and you might risk dissolving some records (I don't have a vinyl solubility table handy or else I could be more specific).

http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/cleaner/cleaner.html

is a pretty good guide on record cleaning. He has a recipe for record cleaner that Laura Dearborn came up with. Chemical supply houses should have Isopropyl Alcohol, and shouldn't ask too many questions when you buy it, nor should it be too expensive. Deionized water can probably be gotten from a local college chemistry department for free, and the surfactants they mention should be available somewhere online or you can probably use VERY dilute soap (think on the order of 1-2 small drops per gallon).

Also, as far as the alcohols go, it's okay to go with a bigger one (Butanol, pentanol, etc.), but smaller ones (ethanol and methanol) might pose problems.

[twitch54]

DO NOT USE Tap water, distilled only !! Do you have use of a good record cleaning vacuum machine ? Check out "the Disc Doctor's" Miracle record cleaner as a possible option, it does help clean up alot of past mistakes. It's available through....musicdrect.com, accousticsounds.com, elusivedisc.com, needledoctor.com


Good Luck !!