Spin Clean seems to add noise to records?

I second Actusreus's seconding! ;-)

The OP's experience of music that's more alive, with more jump, with more low level detail BUT with a slightly noisier record surface is what I hear on many cleaned records. Vinyl surfaces often contain microscopic imperfections that are masked by trace substances. Thorough cleaning removes the mask, making both noise and the fullest range of music more audible.

If you don't hear this, you either haven't removed all foreign substances or your sytem/ears lack the resolution to reveal it. I've had friends visit with supposedly clean LPs that sounded quite dull. When I re-clean them using my RCM and methods, the musical result is always startling (despite a slight increase in background noise).

FWIW, my somewhat insane cleaning regimen requires 20-25 minutes/side and was developed during beta testing/comparing RCM fluids from 4 competitors. It's not for the impatient, lol.

Rebbi's statement of how Gruv Glide works is also correct, IME. If a dead quiet background is all you care about, it's effective... provided you don't mind missing half the music. Personally, I can accomplish that by listening to second rate CDs for a lot less money and with a lot less hassle.

One additional thought. With any cleaning method, I've found that some clicks and pops are removable only with an enzyme cleaning solution. Of the 3 brands I've tried, AIVS Enzymatic gives me the best results.

Wow, very useful thread, folks, thanks. I did hear back from the Spin Clean folks with a nice email. They said that the usual culprits for what I'm hearing are residue on the cleaning pads from a really dirty record (and they suggested cleaning the pads), too much cleaning solution in the water mix (so try a bath with only distilled water and no cleaning solution) and a record that was still somewhat damp when played (in which case the record should now sound quieter when replayed. I should mention that the records I cleaned were a mix of old favorites from my collection and a few recently acquired used records which may have been quite dirty, so the "residue on the brushes" theory might be on to something.
I'll look into all of this and report back.
Thanks again.

I have a 16.5, and have recently been using it without vacuuming. I have been using SPIN CLEAN pads to dry while record is spinning on the 16.5.
I use Audio Intelligent #6 one step, and then dry the record.
Then I use distilled water, and dry off with a Spin Clean rag designated for water only. I have been happy with the results so far. Not using the Vac seems to actually decrease static charge.

VPI 17F much better this unit is a joke.