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To clean or not to clean...

Brand new spanking vinyl. When one receives a  brand  new never played album. What is the consensus?
To clean or not to clean?

I  have leaned toward not cleaning until after numerous spins. This may be more out of  hope that conditions at the pressing faculty are on par with a semiconductor factory. Overall  I have not had issues, but once in a  blue moon you do  get that annoying pop that make you cringe and think" I should've cleaned this one".

Or am I simply guilty of the lessening of a mundane task.
idigmusic64
fiesta75
1,378 posts
 
Clean, there's always crap on it from pressing and packaging.
ghdprentice
7,492 posts
 
Clean it. I tried both ways… overall more silent if cleaned first. 
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best-groove
844 posts
 
I have always washed new vinyls with the Nitty Gritty machine but lately for new vinyls recently purchased I have decided not to wash them; I listened to some tics and pops after washing with the record washer and I'm sure they weren't there before washing.
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tomic601
13,156 posts
 
check out Perfect Vinyl Forever if you want US clean without the investment, etc… About $10 a disc for a lotsize of 16. Spinning some i recently had them clean = superb sonics.
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stereo5
6,515 posts
 
I run my Hunts Record Brush on brand new vinyl.  I don’t feel cleaning is necessary unless the new vinyl is noisy. 
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