Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment?

I clean them in the sink, with bi-directional sweeps and a thorough rinse with distilled water. then I apply CEDAR noise reduction to them. got the CEDAR units for a song on Ebay a few decades back. nothing else works better for eliminating clicks and crackle on old records.

Usually I do not pick up records at garage sales and swap meets. However, last week I was at the local swap meet and sure enough a vendor had two records I was interested in. The first was a M&K D to D disc of Earl Hines 'Fatha'. The second was a Nautilus Master of Joan Baez ' Diamonds and Rust'. Both had sleeves that looked VG+, with the vinyl looking like VG++ to M-. I bought both for a good price, US cleaned both and to my surprise the M&K was actually better sounding than VG++..with no noise at all!  The Nautilus was another story, because even though it looks M- to VG++ it has noise in various areas. Not enough to say it is not a usable copy, but enough to make me wish i had passed on this copy. I guess you just never know for sure.

For questionable discount vinyl LPs like from garage sales, I’ll give a thorough ultrasonic cleaning then run a narrow type stylus hoping that it will play in some unworn grooves. 

PAVCR Manual Cleaning Method,

" Do Not Write a Vinyl LP Off As Not Usable, Until This Cleaning Methodology Has Been Used To Clean It "

Well it depends. I have enough buying old vinyl experience that I have a good idea of my chances, but I did get into cleaning lps for this purpose as well so I take my chances. Sometimes it pays off