Cleaning Vinyl

i was using a watts dust-bug while the record was playing; recently upgraded to a nos kieth monks record sweeper. this is all-metal, & is actually grounded - helps reduce static. i have no problems w/dust accumulating on the stylus. i also use a zero-stat gun, and last record preservative & stylus preservative. re: record-cleaning machines, - *have* used a friend's machine, & it *is* nice, but, with what *i* have, i get perfectly acceptable results w/a sponge, mild dish-soap, and luke-warm water in the kitchen sink! dry w/a soft towel. doug

http://www.high-endaudio.com/ - this is arthur salvatore's www; he still has some of these kieth monks record sweepers on his site, so mebbe he still has a few - they're n.o.s. there seems to be some carbon-fibre mixed in w/the animal-hair on the brush-end; the arm & base are all metal, w/a grounding wire coming outta the base. it tracks the grooves well, like a dust-bug; i couldn't imagine playing records w/o one of thes types of devices...