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Di I really need to clean my LP's?

Recently, when announcing to a relative my intent to use a recently purchased Spin-Clean Record Washer on some LP’s, of which I am the original owner and which have not been played in decades, her reply was, “If you’ve always handled them correctly, and stored them in their sleeves, why do you need to clean them?” I think that this is a very good question. Is there a good reason for me to clean them?

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mcdonalk OP
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I just checked my similar query on another forum, where one member suggested the following publication, which I shall review this evening:

https://thevinylpress.com/app/uploads/2022/01/PACVR_3rd-Ed_2022-01-17_Master.pdf

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In my research before posting this question, results (many from record cleaner manufacturers) contain many assertions without any real facts. 

ilikemiles: How do you know that the mold release compound residue leads to contamination? 

pryso: How do you know that playing a record with contaminants will make the records worse?

I have also been advised that cleaning records often makes them worse, so I want to proceed based on some real evidence.

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