Record-playing Rituals?

Well, my ritual is not unsimilar to Ken's. Every LP side, before being played, is put on the VPI HW 16, dusted off with a Hunt EDA brush and then given a good washing. After that, the surface is treated by a concoction made up of trifluortrichlorethane and molybdensulphate and when on the player, dusted off again. The stylus is cleaned and then I let her rip. (Even with pristine record surfaces you will get a better soundstage in width and depth as well as much more minute information from the groves after this treatment. That's why I do this ritual every time.) Cheers

We're all crazy. Someone's gotta say it.

Sure, Kubla, but who cares and besides show me another psychopathology with so much fun-potential which is on the safe side of the law. Generally, as Orson Welles used to say, all the good things in life are either illegal, immoral or fattening. Cheers again!

Kubla, Detlof -- a daily dose of lithium for all of us??? Together we could get a group discount.
Detlof, what's the actual mix you use (50/50%?). And how do you "treat" the surface? Thanks!
Cheers to all inmates!

before each play, i manually rotate the LP by its label with the index finger of my right hand while brushing in the prescribed rotary fashion with a dry discwasher in my left. note to belt drivers - try this at your on risk, hehe. then i deftly dedust the brush in the opposite direction over my left hip. in winter, following cleaning but before play, i lift the LP from the platter and touch the edge of it to the tip of my nose to remove static. i've never collected a dust bunny on my stylus and by using a dry brush accumulate no sludge. quite infrequently should i hear a pop during play i check the LP surface for tiny meteorites. using the business end of a 'heavy' plastic guitar pick usually dislodges the offender back into space.