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Record cleaning vs Last Record Preservative

I recently purchased a record cleaning machine and am frustrated. Am using RRL super cleaner and regular fluid, and I am finding that my records are sounding noisier. What is going on here? Will the Last preservative fill in any little pits and scratches and reduce surface noise? Or will the needle eventually just clean the rest of the junk out of the groove with play? I am using new clean brushes and such. On used records, I have been cleaning three times and vacumning with the super cleaner, then repeating with 3 rinses with regular cleaner and vacumn.

Thanks!

R.
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psychicanimal
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This is a question for TWL...
larkyparka
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If your records get noisier after cleaning, something is obviously wrong.

Is there increased static electricity? If so, a product as cheap and benign as Gruv Glide could really help out.

If not static, look at your cleaning regimen. Several folks over at the Vinyl Asylum positively swear by the combination of RRL fluid and DiscDoctor brushes. I have DiscDoctor brushes and fluid, no vacuum, and they work fantastically well. There is something about the specific nap and handle on those brushes, they really do work great.

Remember, the vacuum just speeds up the drying process, for convenience. Also make sure the vacuum nozzle isn't gunking up the equation.

Best of luck.
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