Record cleaning


So I finally had the opportunity to fetch my system from my parents garage(1000 miles is a ways to lug a system as big as mine)  now, I want to clean the records. From what I've read, isoproponal? Is the alcohol to use for vinyl as it won't attack the plasticizers, by l but I also have a large inherited connection of 78's that won't be played because I don't have a player for them,  and I'm assuming they need different care. 

Now, I would prefer to use something that I either 1) already have, eg.  Simple green, 409, etc,  or 2) something that is available locally easily(which is hard, living in a town of 10,000, and 2 hours away from an established city) 

My system isn't very high quality,  it's a system from Sears from the 80's,  but I'm hoping that cleaning the vinyl will help increase the audio quality
nhyrum
I use a Knosti on all my new acquisitions. I visually inspect each record and sometimes play a few seconds of the record to get a feel of how much cleaning is needed.  I use a mix of distilled water, 99% IPA, a few drops of Triton 100 and a couple drops of Photo Flo.  I blow off the records after a distilled water rinse with air from my compressor.

Some records need a second round in the cleaning, others are dead quiet between tracks.

In the spirit of continuous process improvement, I hope to acquire a Project VCS or perhaps an Okki Nokki,,,then later an ultrasonic tank. I want to get a HEPA air filter into the music room at some point as well.
For Christmas I got an Okki Nokki! I love this thing! I like being able to clean a record before playing it.  The vacuum is not as loud as I expected.
Got a spin clean for Christmas and I have cleaned about a 100 records since then and oh man......what a difference. Reduced background noise is the biggest improvement. I knew my discs were dirty but to see the residual water after cleaning was very telling. Spin clean is a great entry level product to get you on the road to better sound.