Audio Intelligent Record Cleaner Formula #15 - 16 oz

Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 — The Shortcut Through the Three-Step System

Audio Intelligent's answer to a fair complaint. Their multi-step system cleans records thoroughly, but it takes time. Formula No. 15 was developed for people who wanted something that worked more quickly, and it had to be safe on every record.

The company spent several months on it. What came out is a pre-cleaner aimed at moderately to seriously dirty records: the stage that makes everything after it easier, or that on its own gets a record most of the way to clean.

How It Works

Two Ways to Use It

The first is as a pre-clean. Audio Intelligent suggests it for extremely dirty records and for records treated with a lubricating product at some point in their past. Used that way, they say it drastically speeds up whatever cleaning follows it.

The second is as a faster route on its own. Their own framing is a No. 15 clean followed by an Ultra-Pure Water rinse, which is two steps rather than three and produces what they describe as thoroughly clean records.

Why a Pre-Clean Helps

A record carrying decades of grime asks too much of a single application. The first pass spends itself lifting the worst of it, and whatever is underneath never gets properly addressed. Splitting the job means the second pass meets a surface it can actually work on.

Chemistry and Use

Audio Intelligent states that none of their products contain any type of harsh detergent or lubricant, and that only pure, laboratory-grade components are used across the range. Anything left behind on a record is contamination in its own right.

A vacuum machine is optional, not needed. One removes used fluid more completely than a cloth. The formula still works without one, because its job is to let a brush loosen debris and carry it away.

Who Is Formula No. 15 Best For?

• You buy records in poor condition — this is built for moderately to seriously dirty vinyl
• You have a backlog — a faster route matters when the stack is a hundred deep
• Your records were treated with something years ago — old lubricating products are named specifically
• You already run the three-step system — use this ahead of it and the rest goes quicker
• Your records are already fairly clean — then a pre-cleaner is a step you do not need; the sequence starts in record cleaning solutions

How Do You Use It?

Coat the playing surface and work the fluid into the grooves with a brush. Remove it, by vacuum or by hand. Then either follow with an Ultra-Pure Water rinse and stop, or carry on into the full sequence if the record warrants it.

It works well used on its own. For better results, treat it as the opening move in a full treatment program — pre-clean, then the enzyme and second-step formulas, then a rinse. The rest of the sequence is in record cleaning solutions.

Pairs Well With

What most owners use alongside a pre-cleaner.

• Record cleaning solutions — the other steps in the sequence
• Record brushes — the brush is what does the loosening
• Record cleaning machines — for removing the fluid by vacuum rather than by cloth
• Record cleaning accessories — applicators, strips and machine spares

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in it?

Audio Intelligent does not publish the formulation. What they do state is that no product in the range contains harsh detergents or lubricants, and that only pure, laboratory-grade components go into it.

Can I use it instead of the three-step system?

Audio Intelligent describes No. 15 followed by an Ultra-Pure Water rinse as producing thoroughly clean records. It is the faster route, and the full sequence remains the more thorough one.

Do I need a vacuum machine?

A machine is optional, not needed. It lifts used fluid more completely than a cloth does. The fluid works either way, since it exists to let a brush loosen debris and carry it off.

Is it safe on all records?

Audio Intelligent set out to make it safe for use on all records. As with any fluid and any fragile pressing, try it on something you can afford to lose first.

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