"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!

my new 4" magnifier mirror, 30x, with built in LED, keep on the deck below your cartridge. lift it up from the side, angle it this way and that to see stylus tip, cantilever, suspension

scrub a dub dub

3 baby scalp scrub brushes

record cleaning unit with drying rack for 10 lps

I hope the didn’t sacrifice any babies to manufacture those baby scalp brushes.

I previously used a SpinClean and it did a pretty good job. Recently started using the inexpensive UltraSonic Record Cleaner as sold on eBay and it does a remarkable job. Mine is the version with the tall bracket that the record turning motor mounts on. I like this version as you can loosen the knob and raise the motor and record spindle up high enough that 12" records are completely out of the water. It's sold by several different vendors, but they look essentially the same. Here's a link to an example:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405161237470?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D277717%2C277310%26meid%3D5b34ea0954014c38bae3eed17603a3fb%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D335714332344%26itm%3D405161237470%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV1%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2332490.c101196.m2219&itmprp=cksum%3A4051612374705b34ea0954014c38bae3eed17603a3fb%7Cenc%3AAQAJAAABcJh9BGsXvPG03pKg78mUhLLErCJ%252BXOEYDkzTGJ85B4rSRXG6DGHfiL9UFpXuaOk%252FmuXW6x51j8YJMfy7doeYuyk9WZaRPkl%252FLlHN84X3%252FeYgVG3iucUQjkVp9Lf5uEN8TkxZMUjfWH5f4bwUdzV2T2cFDih55GflitQHk8Gtwk3RE6H9IsjZA9FuyQOBED3Y3ROLTgb1PfQtfmhtEEqjE2rLBIxHbOQniM48dZZ3NRZGcLhqaIZuEkk5m8bHkb4QExbagP0RVAHjkhSCG1Cq4K6JQiZETTupGMPiw7yw2dwKFdzXHWus1VESbM5mzOOm7UUMlmKPgbx6ALDiRPCTMZb0mw4LN11vDLEUxP4eq1w9TtZ5Yy6KW5fJxSzF18wjWHRV879luNT6jWJHXi9%252F4BN%252FFYhiwFWnH1Bpnts4Q8T4C0i2%252BHaZ7pwdRAIGQpAyz%252F4B5epURWNp3EqJpywanuripp%252FvnzfAtCzqpnOoYtnU%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01JES8SRKEJ56JNN4ZPTXY7M0E

Good Luck. Clean records make a huge difference. I even clean brand new records befor their first play.

word of encouragement: if I cleaned them, I would screw up too. I couldn't do what @elliottbnewcombjr does, he is the scrub-master. (baby-safe)

I take them to my local audio shop and run them through their machine.