Best DRYING cloth for vinyl?

I use an eyeglass cleaning cloth every now and then when using my Audio Desk.

I have a 16.5 as well and I use the Spin Clean cloths with great results. I find the vacuum doesn't always get it completely dry.

"In my experience, the best drying cloth for vinyl is no drying cloth at all. If you wash vinyl with distilled water, you can just let it air dry."

**I use either Audio Intelligent #6 one step, or on some, a combo of #6 and distilled water. I dry them VERY gently, while the VPI is spinning. Then of course, they are air dried in the drying rack. **

"I use one from Autozone for buffing treated with anti-static spray."

**Yes- STATIC. One of the few reasons I am running the VPI 16 sans Vacuum. The other is I do it at a time when I can't have the noise of the VPI.**

"Any type of cloth or contact risks pushing the any residue back into the record . Isn't that why we use a vacuum"

** This certainly makes sense, but the water is immediately absorbed with the linen/diaper like SC cloth. I'm certainly no guru on the subject, so I will seek out more advice on this. FWIW, I have been very pleased with the results using this process. Cheer -Don

I agree with Goheelz . Any type of cloth or contact risks
pushing the any residue back into the record . Isn't that
why we use a vacuum ?

Happy Tunes

I use one from Autozone for buffing treated with anti-static spray.

Unreal. Why in the world are you choosing to hand-dry LPs when the VPI 16.5 will do it automatically and leave zero lint? Too much time on one's hands?

In my experience, the best drying cloth for vinyl is no drying cloth at all. If you wash vinyl with distilled water, you can just let it air dry.