Audio Intelligent Ultra Pure Water - 16 oz

Audio Intelligent Ultra-Pure Water — The Rinse That Decides Whether Cleaning Worked

The final step in Audio Intelligent's cleaning system: a rinse of water purified in a six-step filtration and de-ionisation process to what the company calls research grade. They process it in house rather than buying it in.

It sounds like the least interesting product in the range and it is arguably the most important. Every cleaning fluid you apply has to come off again, and what you rinse with is the last thing your record touches.

Why Water Purity Is the Whole Product

What Ordinary Water Leaves

Tap water carries dissolved minerals. Rinse with it and the water evaporates while the minerals stay, sitting in the groove as a fresh deposit — which is a poor result after going to the trouble of cleaning.

Audio Intelligent's stated position is that a record cleaning product must introduce no additional residue into the process at all. That applies most sharply to the rinse, since nothing comes after it to carry a mistake away again.

Purified to a Point, Not Beyond It

Their description is careful. The water is purified to levels their testing shows to be correct for cleaning records, no more and no less. They add that they are mindful of ASTM standards for water quality while customizing the product to their own findings.

The same water goes into every other product the company makes, including their stylus cleaner. The rinse bottle is that ingredient sold on its own, which is a reasonable argument for its consistency.

Chemistry and Use

Purified water, filtered and de-ionized in a six-step process. There is no detergent, no lubricant and no alcohol in it, because there is nothing in it at all except water. That is the entire point of a rinse.

A vacuum machine is optional, not needed. It lifts the rinse water off more completely than a cloth does. Either way the water has the same job to do, which is carrying away whatever the earlier formulas managed to loosen.

Who Is Ultra-Pure Water Best For?

• You use any Audio Intelligent formula — the sequence ends with a rinse, and this is it
• You have been rinsing with tap water — that leaves dissolved minerals in the groove as it dries
• You use another maker's cleaning fluid — a rinse is a rinse, whatever came before it
• You clean by hand — a rinse matters more without a vacuum to lift residue away
• You expect it to clean on its own — pure water is a rinse rather than a cleaner; the cleaning formulas are in record cleaning solutions

How Do You Use It?

As the last wet step. Once the cleaning formula has been removed, apply the water, work it briefly across the surface, and take it off — by vacuum if you have a machine, carefully by hand if not. Let the record dry fully before sleeving it.

On its own it will rinse away loose surface dust and do no harm. For better results, use it as the closing step of a full treatment program, after the enzyme and second-step formulas in record cleaning solutions have done the actual cleaning.

Pairs Well With

What most owners use alongside a rinse.

• Record cleaning solutions — the other steps in the sequence
• Record cleaning machines — for removing the fluid by vacuum rather than by cloth
• Record brushes — the brush is what does the loosening
• Replacement styli — what dirty grooves cost in the end

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in it?

Water, filtered and de-ionised in a six-step process to research grade. Nothing else — no detergent, no lubricant and no alcohol, which is what a rinse step requires.

Can I just use distilled water?

Audio Intelligent's argument is that purity has a right level for record cleaning, established by their own testing, and that they purify to it deliberately rather than as far as possible.

Do I need a vacuum machine?

A machine is optional, not needed. It lifts the rinse off more completely than a cloth. Without one, take care to remove the water rather than letting it dry on the record.

Does it clean records on its own?

It rinses. Loosening and dissolving contamination is what the cleaning formulas ahead of it are for, and water alone will not do that work.

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