"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!

@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!

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It is a no go for me to play records with no turntable lid!  I would go further and say l would never think EVER about buying one that didn’t have this one simple rudimentary requirement.

Keeping vinyl dust free and smoke free contaminates if the owner is heaven forbid a smoker must be the first consideration in my book. I may be old school but l would never buy a turntable without the one critical requirement……a turntable lid.

l just can’t get my head around playing records without thinking of all the airborne dust making it’s way onto the surface. Surely it defeats the whole object of actively cleaning your collection and then ‘openly’ inviting future contamination.

Seriously l wonder why people who own a turntable without a lid and then bang on about cleaning solutions. After all if you bought a convertible would you ever not put the ‘lid up’ in adverse conditions?

Just a bit of light banter here, but we’ll worth considering if you are of the ‘no lid brigade’ and think you can ever hope to get on top of the record cleanliness quest.

It is a no go for me to play records with no turntable lid!  I would go further and say l would never think EVER about buying one that didn’t have this one simple rudimentary requirement.

Keeping vinyl dust free and smoke free contaminates if the owner is heaven forbid a smoker must be the first consideration in my book. I may be old school but l would never buy a turntable without the one critical requirement……a turntable lid.

l just can’t get my head around playing records without thinking of all the airborne dust making it’s way onto the surface. Surely it defeats the whole object of actively cleaning your collection and then ‘openly’ inviting future contamination.

Seriously l wonder why people who own a turntable without a lid and then bang on about cleaning solutions. After all if you bought a convertible would you ever not put the ‘lid up’ in adverse conditions?

Just a bit of light banter here, but we’ll worth considering if you are of the ‘no lid brigade’ and think you can ever hope to get on top of the record cleanliness quest.