Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
noob do you use cleaning fluids or do you just use the alcohol, water and dish liquid. IF you do by cleaning fluids is there a cheap place to buy on line?
I make my own with 3 parts distilled water to 1 part 99% isopropyl alcohol, with a few drops of Jet-Dry per pint. I was using dish liquid instead of the Jet-Dry until the past few months. I suspect the ready-made stuff works better, though. You could try something from Garage-A-Records which seems to have fair prices. You could also take a look at RRL products, which seem to be reasonably priced.

http://www.garage-a-records.com/categories.php?cat=116

http://www.gcaudio.com/cgi-bin/store...duct.cgi?id=29

I feel like the most important step in my process is the vacuum. I use this, sometimes dry but usually wet...