What is the best way to clean Vinyl?

I read on the Stereophile forum that the Spin Clean system can cause static on the vinyl.

True or False

Wet cleaning generally reduces static. However, if you dry a disk with a microfibre cloth you may introduce static then. I don't worry about it as I always treat a record before playing it with either a Zerostat gun or, lately, the Furutech Destat III.

As for your question about a Spin Clean, U/S and vacuum machine for <$500, you'd need to find some used bargains and I don't think you'd easily come in under budget! You could get a Humminguru for $375USD. Once you have tasted the convenience of a machine it is hard to clean manually, unless you are as saintly as pindac! But a Spin Clean is relatively cheap and if you don't mind the effort there is little to lose by trying it out.

@clearthinker 

Yeah, that is hard to miss that. I thought the current number was 18,000… which would take about 2.5 years to listen to once if you listened 24 hours per day. it is easy to be a bit sloppy with numbers… but those are some large numbers.
 

I am somewhat intimidated by my 2,000 albums and me being 70 years old… can I listen to them all in my lifetime. 

"What are some MIC budget  US's now available?"

Has this been suggested yet?

HumminGuru all-in-one ultrasonic vinyl record cleaner 

Thanks Guys!

Will check the info out.

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