Reply To: L&R solution

[mrroundel]

I’ve found that the L&R watch cleaning solutions that I’ve had seem to go bad. They end up spotting my watch plates with sticky balls of something amber colored. I have heard other people say the same thing. Coincidentally, I presently have a couple of partially filled 1 G bottles that will be going to a hazardous waste dump tomorrow. I figure that I’ll be better off using the cleaning system described by Bob T. in his watch repair course book.
This brings up another question that perhaps Bob could answer. If you believe, as I do, that the L&R cleaning solutions break down, do the rinses have aging problems as well? If you don’t see the solutions breaking down, then maybe I’ve just had a couple of bad batches. I am keeping the rinsing solutions, as they look crystal clear.