Record Doctor RxLP Record Cleaning Solution - 16 oz.

RxLP Record Cleaning Solution — Alcohol-Free, and Ready to Pour

A laboratory-grade record cleaning solution supplied ready to use, with nothing to mix and nothing to add. It removes dust, dirt, grease, grime and mold from record grooves, and it is safe for use with all vinyl records.

The formula is alcohol-free. That is the specification most people want settled before they put a fluid anywhere near a collection, and here it is settled in the product's own description rather than left to inference.

How It Works

Why Alcohol-Free Matters

Alcohol is an effective solvent and a blunt one. It attacks shellac, and over repeated use it is the ingredient people worry about with early pressings and anything they cannot replace. Leaving it out removes that question entirely.

What is left has to do the work by other means, which is why the formula is described as laboratory grade rather than as a household mixture. It softens and suspends what is in the groove so it can be lifted away.

The Brush Does the Loosening

A cleaning fluid is not a solvent bath. Its job is to make it easier for a brush to loosen debris and carry it out of the groove — which means the brush and the fluid are doing one job between them, not two separate ones.

A vacuum machine is optional, not needed. One lifts the used fluid off far more completely than a cloth can, and that thoroughness is the argument for owning one. The solution still works without it.

See It in Action

Who Is RxLP Best For?

• You want a fluid with no alcohol in it — that is stated outright rather than implied
• You own a vacuum cleaning machine — the solution is made for exactly that workflow
• You would rather not mix anything — it pours ready to use, with no water to add
• Your records have mold or grease on them — both are named in what the formula removes
• You are cleaning shellac 78s — this is described as safe for all vinyl records; for shellac, check the alternatives in record cleaning solutions

How Do You Use It?

Apply it to the playing surface, work it in with an applicator brush so the fluid reaches into the grooves rather than sitting on top of them, and give it a moment. Then remove it — vacuum if you have a machine, carefully and with a clean cloth if you do not.

Used on its own it will clean a record properly. For better results, run it as part of a full treatment program: a dry brush first to take off loose dust, then the fluid and a brush, then removal. The rest of the sequence is in record cleaning solutions.

Pairs Well With

What most owners use alongside.

• Record cleaning machines — for removing the fluid by vacuum rather than by cloth
• Record brushes — the brush is what does the loosening
• Record cleaning accessories — applicators, strips and machine spares
• Stylus cleaning — the stylus picks up whatever the record kept

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it contain alcohol?

It does not. The formula is alcohol-free, which is the reason many people choose it over a solvent-based cleaner.

Do I need to dilute it?

It is ready to use straight from the bottle. There is no mixing and no separate purified water to buy.

Do I need a vacuum machine?

A machine is optional, not needed. It removes used fluid far more completely than a cloth does, which is what makes one worth owning, but the solution works either way.

What does it remove?

Dust, dirt, grease, grime and mold. It is described as safe for use with all vinyl records.

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