Cleaning records. How often really?

Inna - Why do you use LAST? And why do you think I should leave this thread?

Dougdeacon, 5-10% is a lot, especially if they are your favourite records.
It is hard for the records not to get contaminated to a degree while playing, the environment is not sterile.
And how do you know that the first cleaning was perfect unless you clean again?

Almost never.... I use a Hunt brush before playing. I have a Nitty Gritty, but only use it to get peanut butter off of the record if I find some.

String - Is peanut butter a problem at your place. ;-)

Another Almost Never. I have both a Loricraft and a Nitty Gritty, and it's probably been a year since I last used either one. I do clean LPs that are really dirty but for normal records including most Ebay and used record store purchases, I just follow my regular routine of brushing each record with an antistatic brush and wiping the stylus with the brush that came with my Benz.

How we spend our leisure time obviously differs from one person to the next. For me this one is pretty simple: Time spent cleaning records is time spent not listening to them.