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Drying time after a VPI record cleaner?

Hello everyone, I am curious what you all are doing in terms of drying time for your records after you clean them on a VPI vacuum record cleaning machine.  

I am using the VPI model 16.5.  My routine lately is to put the record on the cleaning plater, blast with an air compressor to remove the easy dust, apply 1 step cleaning formula with brush for 1 minute, vacuum for 3 revolutions, flip repeat.  After that, I set the record vertically in a small kitchen dish drying rack made of plastic coated metal.  I can fit 13 records in the rack, all vertical, none touching, and only coming in contact with the rack on the extreme edge of the vinyl, so no contact to the actual grooves.  I then leave them to fully dry out for several hours or overnight.  The thought is, I do not want any liquid that didn't get vacuumed up to remain. (though they look more or less dry to me, I figure it is possible to have some moisture still in there somewhere)

My question is, is this last step necessary?  Do you just put the record back into the sleeve after vacuuming?  Or, if you do use a dish rack like I do, how long to you let them dry?
marktomaras

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has2be
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The one important thing I see missing here , is not if your machine is drying your records but no mention of a rinse after the cleaning.  Probably at least as important in the process as any other step is.
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Quote "Has2be, do you even rinse when you are using a "1 step" formula?"

@marktomaras,
wasn't trying to ruffle your  feathers .
Been doing vinyl since the late sixties and in the very
early eighties I sprung for a Loricraft RC. Even as good
as it is and with trying first hand the so called one step
cleaners, a rinse after the clean showed some particulate
and less clear pure water than what went on the surface.
If its convenience that is your priority , by all means a good one will fit your needs. No argument.
If you want a cleaner groove with less particulate gunk
and the One step cleaner that gunk has arguably absorbed,
then a rinse or two works for that. A good USB microscope
can and does easily confirm the difference.
A lot of it is directly related to the condition of the records and
the difference between what you may of owned from new,
and the unknown handling and condition of the grooves as
to what they were exposed to organically and worse mechanically from improperly set up arms and cartridges.

I was only offering what I have found to be true with the experience of trying most ways to balance convenience with
results. Sorry if that's a problem for you........ 
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