stereo for the joy of it - can records be cleaned?

I have a NittyGritty. I don’t use it much, but when I do, it does its job well. Never had a problem with it....I have the top of the line Cocobolo wood one. Nice looking. The owner (Mrs. Gritty ..believe it or not) is very nice to deal with.

sumaato:

I'm sorry, I'll never spread Elmer's glue onto my lps!!

Stringreen, Thanks for your reply. I thought I remembered you posting a while back...the need for cleaning records at all??? I think Whart posted visual results from a Doobie Brothers lp that had been cleaned, in response to your initial question?  I think I have the gist of that right? Please advise us of your transformation? If that is the right term here....

I use a Spin Clean and Mofi Master sleeves in all my cleaned vinyl. This system might not work as well as a vacuum rig, but it does work and man…some of my vinyl goes back to the 60s and seems pretty ragged, but cleaned up they can sound great.

I occasionally run across LPs with a streak of mold across a section of the record. I apply lavishly AI #16 on each side, let it soak for 5-10 minutes, rinse off with pretty warm water, then Down with Dirty from Ai, same process.
Next I place on a dowell and rotate in a distilled water ultrasonic cleaner absconded from my office for 3-4 minutes. Usually clean 4-5 LPs at a time in the ultrasonic. The mold leaves a color in the record, but no noticeable noise.So let me get this straight. I can rotate in my ultrasonic bath at 500 rpms to good effect?