"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!


I"m using a spray 'advanced vinyl record cleaning solution' with a cleaning cloth.

It creates GUNK in the grooves which can be fixed by cleaning the needle 5-7 times during playing one side..  It gets into the grooves and fixes the problem.  I'd rather find a better way to clean the discs. Sounds dumb, I know. 

What am I doing wrong?

Please Help!!

klimt

@oldaudiophile It was a simple question; Has anyone tried Mofi's Ultra Record Wash concentrate for ultrasonic cleaning machines?  In stead, outside of other methods of cleaning. you recommend mixing/making my own.  When I asked you how to make my own 'SPECIFIC' cleaner, I get a treatise on something completely different.  So you do not know what's in a bottle of Mofi's Ultra Record Wash concentrate for ultrasonic cleaning machines.  That's all you had to say or nothing at all. I'm sure your method of cleaning Lp's works well for you, but that's not what I was asking about.  So I give up.  It's not that important.  

P S,

I use a Degritter and a Spin Clean with goat hair brushes.  I have a vacuum machine that I don't use anymore with a lot of cleaners that sits idle(actually put away) that I'll never use again, thank god if he exists. I'm familiar with the Degritter II, not necessary `if you own the original, the original KLA, the Audiodesk.  Honestly I don't know if the new KLA is better than the old(supposed to be more reliable), but the Degritter is built well.  I know there machines can clean thousands of records in a relatively short period without failure, well beyond what a typical home owner would use it for.  Those jewelry cleaning cavitation machines were not designed to clean Lp's.  It is what is. 

@vitussl101 the reason I gave you a little detail (i.e.  more, evidently, than your mind can handle) was to attempt to point out that there are many different record cleaning methodologies (i.e.  different equipment, conditions, fluid temperatures, rotational speeds; etc.) and this is only my present approach.  However, since you want answers fed to you like pablum, here 'ya go:  "distilled water and 0.004% Tergitol 15-S-9" in a US machine" set to operate between 27C and 31C" (not to exceed a fluid temperature of 37C) for "15 minute (cleaning) cycles" with records rotating "at 0.5 RPM" in the cleaning fluid and "spaced (at least) 1.25" apart" if you are cleaning more than 1 record at a time.  Does that work for 'ya or is that still too much to digest?  Try getting up on the other side of the bed, for a change.  It might improve your crotchetiness.  Happy Holidays to you and yours!

@antinn thanks again, bud!  You're the best!  Happy & healthy holiday wishes for you and all your loved ones!