I have used some other brand of a 'pledge'-like spray, in the past - seems fine to me. On celluloid cylinders and some Pathe discs, cleaned over 10 years ago, all looks and sounds well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <john9ten at pacbell.net> > Some of us old timers used to clean them with Pledge (without waxy > buildup). I swear when I did this the resulting sound was richer... > Has this method become a major sin yet?? > John Robles