Cleaning records. How often really?

Dear Albert,
Very frightening story about the steel bristle. Certainly I'd heard that fragments of tungsten steel from the grinder blades when reprocessing old vinyl were not uncommon but never encountered one as up close and personal as you did. :(

(We've probably all heard one or two smaller ones though...)
It's unlikely we'd ever dislodge these particles, embedded as they are, in most cases. (Well, not without making the vinyl as unplayable as before)

One album I encountered had a small clearance hole drilled through the playing area. It reinforces the idea that a quick inspection before playing is highly recommended ;^)

Last is crap only clean record when they are very dusty.All my records have been cleaned on VPI 17F now using KL AUDIO which is the best.

"And how do you know that the first cleaning was perfect unless you clean again?"

Just use your ears...unless they need cleaning...

11-23-15: Stringreen
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.

Gravity suction cleaning machines work better with peanut butter - especially crunchy.

ct0517,, only use Skippy crunchy....get it at Costco.