Hope this is the right forum to ask this question - I have to use a dehumidifier in the cave of my house in France. Does this process leave me with chemical free water, suitable to use in cleaning my LPs.
I plan to use this with a proprietary cleaning agent and again to remove any trace of the cleaning agent.
I plan to use this with a proprietary cleaning agent and again to remove any trace of the cleaning agent.
I wouldn't try, as there also is dust etc. in the condensate generated by a dehumidifier, and as destilled water isn't that expensive, isn't it?
Best regards!
Best regards!
If it is water from your dehumidifier, the water will contain particles of dust, including skin and hair. I would purchase distilled water if that is what you want or deionized is good enough for lead acid batteries so should be clean.
That surprises me - the dehumidifier is used in a damp atmosphere - where's the dust coming from?
John, just saw your post after I replied to Kay. I use the dehumidifier in a cave ie. a below ground environment - time spent in the cave per day -maybe a minute at best. There's no air flow,,hence the humidity. I repeat this is not an environment where people/animals live, so dust/skin/hair don't come into it.
5 litre containers of distilled or DI are cheap. Really don't understand why you would want to risk it.
the fact that you have to use a dehumidifier in the cave probably means that it‘s a place with damp and possibly moldy walls. i wouldn‘t use it on my records. boil some water and pour it through a coffee filter and it should rather clean and descaled. or buy distilled water - much less effort.
I'd filter it well before using it. Sure, it's mostly distilled, but who knows what else if floating around in the air "dans la cave." It's not sterile.
FWIW, I've drunk water from a dehumidifier before, it tasted very neutral and flat, somewhere between distilled and Eau Volvic. But I'm not an LP record! 🙂
FWIW, I've drunk water from a dehumidifier before, it tasted very neutral and flat, somewhere between distilled and Eau Volvic. But I'm not an LP record! 🙂
i‘ve tried distilled water before but this is the first time i hear taste notes on water from a dehumidifier. 😀
Oh I've had 18 MΩ water. That tastes strange.
On the subject of ultrasonic cleaning a record, I think y'all have lost the script. Ultrapure water isn't going to be necessary. Pay more attention to the surfactant to get effective release of larger particulate from the vinyl itself. (Pretends some days at work to be a surface chemist)
On the subject of ultrasonic cleaning a record, I think y'all have lost the script. Ultrapure water isn't going to be necessary. Pay more attention to the surfactant to get effective release of larger particulate from the vinyl itself. (Pretends some days at work to be a surface chemist)
Pano - I wouldn't drink it. Studying further, dehumidified water can contain trace elements, also not advised to use on vegetables - there goes my idea of plan B to use it for my chillis.
So it's down to the supermarket to buy 5L bottles. On a lot of forums many have suggested that it's a good idea to use just distilled water after cleaning with either proprietory or home made cleaning agents - seems like a good idea - however with around 1000 LPs - that's a lot more time.
So it's down to the supermarket to buy 5L bottles. On a lot of forums many have suggested that it's a good idea to use just distilled water after cleaning with either proprietory or home made cleaning agents - seems like a good idea - however with around 1000 LPs - that's a lot more time.
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