By the time it gets to the platter it is ready to play.
It is fun however to imagine someone trying to figure this all out. What would they do? Clean, then play immediately. Clean again, wait 5 minutes. Clean again wait an hour. Clean again wait two hours. Clean again wait 24 hours. Why stop there? Clean again, wait a week! We are running a test now, currently up to a year seems to sound the best. Of course it may be the new turntable bought while waiting for the dang record to be ready to play.....
It is fun however to imagine someone trying to figure this all out. What would they do? Clean, then play immediately. Clean again, wait 5 minutes. Clean again wait an hour. Clean again wait two hours. Clean again wait 24 hours. Why stop there? Clean again, wait a week! We are running a test now, currently up to a year seems to sound the best. Of course it may be the new turntable bought while waiting for the dang record to be ready to play.....