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"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!

I"m using a spray 'advanced vinyl record cleaning solution' with a cleaning cloth.

It creates GUNK in the grooves which can be fixed by cleaning the needle 5-7 times during playing one side..  It gets into the grooves and fixes the problem.  I'd rather find a better way to clean the discs. Sounds dumb, I know. 

What am I doing wrong?

Please Help!!

klimt

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ghdprentice
7,543 posts
 

Funny. My turntable lid is in the original box. I would not consider using it. Ever since I had my old AR turntable with a lid... I heard the reverberations of the cartridge bouncing around the lid... when up, and slowly as I lowered it, I could hear all the sound. So, I could not see how that would not affect playback. 

ghdprentice
7,543 posts
 

A cleaning machine is the answer. One with a vacuum to suck up the fluid and residue or ultrasonic. I had a VPI for over twenty years and have now upgraded to the much quieter, semi-automatic Nessie. These are very high quality. 

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