"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!

An ultrasonic cleaner is the best way that I have found to clean vinyl records. I built my first ultrasonic cleaner in 1979 and used it to clean over 1000 records with excellent results. With my spindle assembly, I typically cleaned 8 to 10 records at a time and the total process (cleaning, spin rinsing and spin drying) took less than 20 minutes for 8 to 10 records. All you need is distilled water and a proper surfactant in your ultrasonic bath. No need to spend a lot of money on an ultrasonic cleaner. A reasonable ultrasonic cleaner can be purchased on Amazon for about $200. 

A VPI 16.5 has never let me down. 

So happy I like CDs. Next up probably streaming. Simplicity.

I use KLaudio 200 ultrasonic with distilled filtered water and no additives with very good results.   Every time i play vinyl a use Furotech III static removing device

I don't like the concept of adding anything to the surface of a record: Solvents always a risk. Soaps, additives, surfactants etc all accumulate and removing anything is rarely possible once applied

Anyone try the Mobile Fidelity Ultra Record Wash, 1oz bottle, for ultrasonic machines?