Do you clean your records before play, after play, or once (and then never again)?

I play new records a few times to "de-bur" the newly pressed groove before using the RCM.

Many older audiophile record covers noted to "de-bur", by playing a few times, resulting in improved sonics.

don_c55

From my memory those record labels said the reason one may hear a few ticks on their new records was that they did not de-horn their cutter head. Thus, the end user had this issue.

I can't imagine that not cleaning a new record until playing a few times would in any way be beneficial to a lp.

I don't always clean my records, but when I do (with a VPI 16.5) it's before I play the record