album cleaning solution

I know that you are new here but please use the forum search function. There are many questions on this very topic that have been answered many times over the years.

There are several that you can make yourself and save some dough.

Be sure to stop at Walmart and pick up a $20 steam unit. No one is serious about cleaning records if they don't have one, even if you have a $4K ultrasonic unit.

Are you saying that there will never be a new cleaning solution, new information will never come up and this subject should be band from ever being discussed again. Interesting

Thanks for your help

Westend - no need to be defensive . . . what Tom is saying is there is a wealth of discussion on this subject already in the archives and it will be very beneficial (and very easy) for you to search there. On this thread you may receive a few responses, maybe more, but in the archives there are probably hundreds on this subject.

What you may find there in the archives is a post or 2 from me saying I have used Nitty Gritty, and prefer to make my own solution. It's easy and really cheap. You will also find many others who really prefer other solutions.

by the way, indeed there may not ever be a new cleaning solution. Maybe one that's simply re-branded, but different . . .?

There are tons of discussions on record cleaning, but if you are just starting out, I would recommend you purchase a 16 oz. bottle of Nitty Gritty Pure2 fluid and use according to the directions NG provides. If they look especially grungy, I would pre-wash them in the sink with a new, soft sponge and some Dawn dishwashing detergent, but that's only for the hard cases. For anything that looks decent, one or two cleanings with the NG will get you started. Again, this is for starters. As you will find out, there are one-step, two-step, three-step and four-step cleaning products, not to mention steaming. So get started with the Pure2 and listen to some music. It may be all you ever require, depending on how demanding you are of your vinyl. Sort of like with cars - some find a one-step wax product to be fine, while others demand a multi-step machine-polished finish. Just depends on how critical you are. Have fun.