To clean or not to clean...

Cleaned up some pretty ratty thrift store finds with the record Dr V. Pretty amazing results on some...not all...I first manually clean with vinyl revival clean/rinse and soft cloth. New records, I generally don't clean them, but I do brush then before play with the audioquest carbon fiber brush. 

Nagaoka 'Kilavolt' #103 and a carbon fiber 'bar' brush.
Clean the brush before and after.

Haven't felt the need for much else.

The 103 is unavailable, and has been for quite awhile now.
Operates on a single C battery which lasts long enough that you check it periodically to verify the cell hasn't sprung a leak or corroded.

Aim at opposite hand,push the button; you Will drop it.
(Unless you like that sort of thing....)

I can't understand why Someone hasn't duplicated it DIY.
I've opened it.
The circuit is Simple, the Element could be tricky.
Most of the $ to do the original is tied up in the plastic case molds.

NO, it goes nowhere to no one.
You will have to come Here.
By appointment, recommended.
Chain saws (among others) in building next door.
Fencing foil (among other things of potential mayhem) here, close.

...on the other hand 'that triggers', forget all of the above...

...on the count of 5, you will awake feeling dismal and distressed that your LPs' will never really ever sound 'clean'....

*Oh, Hell...* 5

I wash all the new records before to play it for the first time

To clean or not to clean...

Clean it!

I clean all new records with US cleaner before playing.