Wood glue method of record cleaning

Johnnyb53,
Doesn't that tape add considerable mass to your tonearm? I am no analog person so I don't know if that is a desired outcome in addition to dampening it. It is foamed so I guess it is not all that dense and heavy.
I was under the impression that the wood glue people were experimenting with was just the generic yellow opaque "Elmers" type glue. I haven't attempted myself it for the reasons you state. I can clean manually but I also have a record cleaning machine. I would like to get the ultra sonic cleaning machine. I am a fan of that technology having seen it work incredibly well on other things.

Mechans: It definitely doesn't add "considerable weight." Teflon tape is extremely thin and light. I s'pose I could tear off a length similar to what I wrapped and weigh it on my food scale, but I'll bet it's no more than a couple of grams. When I put it on I barely had to re-adjust the downforce and the sonic changes were all related to quelling resonances, not changing the arm/cartridge relationship.

As to ultrasonic cleaning, I first saw that in 1972 when I went to an audio engineer's house. He had a full quadraphonic setup with four EV bookshelf speakers. He had an ultrasonic cleaner for tableware, made to handle large dinner plates, so LPs fit right in. He'd fill it with distilled water and turn it on. When he lowered the record into it you could see the ultrasonic waves dislodging gunk from the record. I have no idea what that would have cost in 1972, esp. when adjusted for inflation, and when I search for ultrasonic cleaners today I never find one in that form factor.

This sounds like a BIG joke try VPI 16.5 or 17F.

Sounds perfect for spots of non-removable gunk stuck in the groove an RCM and solutions can not dispatch. Not a whole record but specific spot.

I think Notec is right, that seems the best way to use this process. However, in my experience, wood glue is far from ideal for the task, too hard to remove completely. I've had much better (and safer) results with Elmer's water soluble school glue. Comes in either green or clear gels. Cleaning with your record cleaning machine after using the Elmer's gel glue will dissolve any trace of adhesive that might remain. I recently purchased Ry Cooder's newest release and there was a speck of fibrous debris pressed into the vinyl and no amount of cleaning with my Nitty Gritty would phase it. The glue treatment removed the material and even though there is a visible depression where the material was removed, it plays without so much an audible tic.