Knosti Antistat fluid and L'art du Son with Disco Antistat Record Cleaner.
I recently bought L'art du Son fluid to try with my Disco Antistat cleaner and found after cleaning a few LPs that there was a low crackle during quiet passages and on the run-in grooves. Should I also be rinsing with distilled water to get rid of any leftover residue?
Also, with the original Knosti fluid that comes with the machine, is there a set number of times it's advisable to re-use it? I've noticed that even with filtering it changes colour over time so I'm assuming there comes a point where it will damage the records because of the impurities suspended in it.
I know of a number of people who have 2 Knosti's, one for cleaning duties, and one for a final rinse in distilled water.
As for fluid, I never bothered with buying the expensive branded stuff, I just made up my own (4 parts distilled water, 1 part ethanol, and a few drops of a wetting agent/rinseaid). Never made the slightest bit of difference, just a heck of a lot cheaper.
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Hi ChesterG,
I'm with DIB on this. I mix my own up which is almost the same as DIB except I mix 3 parts Distilled water to 1 part Iso-Propyl Alcohol (99.5%) and add some photographic wetting agent. I've had no problems with residue and the records come out really clean usually with a lot less surface noise.
I have the Knosti machine and I found that the fluid that comes with it can leave a residue in the grooves.
hope this helps
Steve
OK, thanks guys! 
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I know of a number of people who have 2 Knosti's, one for cleaning duties, and one for a final rinse in distilled water.
As for fluid, I never bothered with buying the expensive branded stuff, I just made up my own (4 parts distilled water, 1 part ethanol, and a few drops of a wetting agent/rinseaid). Never made the slightest bit of difference, just a heck of a lot cheaper.
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