Daily Record cleaning

CSPort IME1 for static. It’s expensive but truly the only thing that works (I’m sure the similar DS Audio does too). This device completely removes any static. The improvement in sound is quite noticeable and I’m not only talking about the static pops.

Ultrasonic to clean all records including new ones.  Anti-Static brush.

Typically costing ~ $1k-$4k from manual to automatic operation, I choose an ultrasonic cleaner after concluding it’s the best way to get vinyl records the cleanest without damaging them.  

I just use a carbon fibre hunt record brush daily for all my albums, hand wipe each side before i play them, that will remove all the static and debris off the record in question.

There are a ton of liquid solutions out there, i have a stylus cleaners coming, a used VPI and an AQ fibre daily brush on the way. I’ll need the liquid cleaner and a goat hair brush.

No OCD here, just trying to put together a nice package of cleaning gear, wait are you saying audio guys get obsessed hahahaa nooooooo not us Lol

I'm pretty much in the @mijostyn camp.

I don't buy records that look like they won't clean easily.

I don't clean records before play unless I can see debris.  Then I clean with a Decca brush.

I don't clean any record unless I hear noise when playing.  Then I take it off and clean on Nitty-Gritty Automatic.  Over many decades I have found that once properly cleaned, a record almost never gets noisy again.  I have cleaned very few twice.

I have never found the Nitty-Gritty to cause static.

I clean the stylus if I can see debris on it. (I'm very short-sighted).  That's not very often.

"My opinion, people are way too obsessed. Get a little perspective." There, I'm agreeing with Miller again.

For removing a static charge from an LP, I for years used the good 'ol Zerostat (I still have my original red one from the 70's, plus a newer one). In the 80's or 90's I got the Nagaoka Kilavolt No. 103, which I found to be both more effective and less finicky to use. It's no longer in production, and never seen on the used market.

But the Furutech Destat III is now the one to have. Unfortunately, it retails for around 350 bucks! Being a patient guy, I kept my eyes peeled for a good deal, and eventually got one on ebay for $200. Love it.

A static remover is all but mandatory for LP's cleaned on a VPI or other vacuum record cleaning machine, the "lips" of which can create a charge on a just-cleaned LP. Vacuuming for just two revolutions minimizes that possibility, but doesn't guarantee it.

I prefer to buy records in perfect condition, so I clean them ONLY when I can here there is something to clean that I can’t see.

For over 25 years I use carbon fiber brush each time before I put the needle on the record.

I use Onzow and dry stylus cleaning brush ONLY when I can see the stylus is dirty, this is clean stylus btw.

I use Cardas frequency-sweep LP for my cartridges once in a few months.

I use Zerostat 3 to eliminate static (but it rarely happens)

bdp24

New LP’s "clean"? Don’t make me laugh.

You’re right, of course, but there are some that just don’t understand. Most of the dust they remove from their styli originated on the LP itself.

There’s nothing like listening to a clean LP and one-button solutions such as the Klaudio or Audio Desk make it super-easy.

New LP’s "clean"? Don’t make me laugh. Oops, too late.

First of all, PVC pellets---from which the LP "puck" is made, the puck then pressed into LP form by a double-plate mold (very much like a waffle iron)---contain trace elements of a chemical included to promote the LP "releasing" from the pressing mold. That chemical is mistakenly thought by some to be applied to either the PVC "puck" or to the plates of the mold, but that is incorrect. The chemical is, as I said, part of the PVC compound, the chemical rising to the surface of the disc as it is heated in the mold. That chemical can be found in the groove (an LP side has not grooves, but one long continuous groove), and should---for best sound---be removed.

And then there is the fact that, as tomic601 stated, LP pressing plants are hardly clean rooms. In one All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary unboxing on YouTube, the video poster removed one LP from it’s sleeve, and I couldn’t believe the amount of dust and paper debris that was clearly visible on the LP surface. Can you imagine what is the the LP’s two grooves?!

Fortunately for us, there are great LP cleaners now available, and at a very reasonable cost (under $500, for either a vacuum machine or an ultrasonic. Both is even better. If you have more than a few hundred records, you really should get one or both. IMO.) The Hunt, Decca, and Audioquest brushes are okay for dusting an already deep-cleaned LP (I have all three), but are not deep-cleaners. Ignore the above if you so choose, but it’s fact.

I let my Decca Brush do three revolutions.

@mglik which Monks machine do you use?

+1 for the Onzow Zerodust. The best and easiest way to clean the stylus. I use mine almost every side.
+1 for Keith Monks RCM. IME, fastest and best way to deeply clean LPs. It is very satisfying to watch the nozzle vacuum up the dirty fluid 

How bout stylis cleaning, those rubbery things look cool, like 

I use an Okki Nokki with L'Art Du Son record cleaning solution (diluted per instructions). Then a couple of rinses and vacs with distilled water. 

Let them dry. One application of GruvGlide will remove any static electricity. Store them in Mofi sleeves.

Hit them with the Audioquest carbon fiber brush before play. 

Also use Onzow to clean the stylus. 

I prefer to purchase new vinyl. Most of my stuff plays with very little extraneous noise. 

Having run some of the best clean rooms in Aerospace, let me assure you they come from the factory dirty. Get a decent process, wet vac machine or better.

then you can decide on a periodic re-clean interval

I don't. I have a VPI HW16 beside the table and for a long time would do a distilled water rinse and vacuum before each side. What a hassle.

So now I clean once, real good with Walker Enzyme 4 Step. Zero-stat (and sometimes also Radio Shack Bulk Tape Eraser) before each play. Also spray Static Guard, though that is more for sound quality than dust. But it nothing wrong with a 2fer.

Always wash my hands first so if I see a speck and it doesn't blow off with the Z then either get it with a finger or if there's a few of em then the good ol' Discwasher brush. But that doesn't happen often.

Normally I just play em. 

My opinion, people are way too obsessed. Get a little perspective. Vinyl ain't digital. The noise is extraneous, not interwoven. Two completely different things. Don't try and put legs on a snake. Clean em, sure. But to enjoy. Don't make it an end in itself.

And an everyday liquid or is the brush enough

Yes. Hunt is a company. They make a brush called the EDA mk.6. One of the best record brushes on the market. $30. 

thanx for the great replys
I gave up on vinyl when Shure offered the Shure V15 w/ The Shure CD player maybe model 5000, i bought Donald Fagan The Night Fly, first CD. The cartridge got mounted and sold with my Thorens TD165 back in 1985ish

RAMAR record brush and FURUTECH DE STAT 2 jump on them ASAP!!

kg, I use a conductive sweep arm that wipes away incidental dust and since it is grounded discharges any static. I also use a dust cover during play and I never clean records because they never get dirty. I don't have a record cleaning machine. I don't buy used records. 

Hunt

Here's additional info on the candle lighter -

A very cheap but extremely effective tweak for records’ static | What's Best Audio and Video Forum. The Best High End Audio Forum on the planet! (whatsbestforum.com)

This is what I use to clean records before play -

Anti-Static Record Brush · AudioQuest

And this what I  used when static was an issue -

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If you want something easy and quick that does the job look into the Keith Monks Prodigy. You can spend a lot more and do worse.