Thank you all for your responses. As far as returning them, the most recently purchased one was about three years ago. The oldest was about 30 years ago. So returning them is not possible. I’ve only recently began using an ultrasonic cleaner, which is by the way phenomenal. So I pulled these three out this last weekend to see if the ultrasonic cleaner would do the trick. It did better than scrubbing and vacuuming did in the past, but still didn’t quit get it all. Terry9, is there a ratio of versaclean to water that you would suggest. The product information suggest any where from 1:5 to 1:60. That’s a pretty big spread.
Strange film on new records.
I have three records in my collection that were purchased new, but have a strange sticky film on them that I cannot seem to be able to clean off. This film appears like it is melted onto the surface. I’ve tried alcohol solution, tergitol, scrubbing, ultrasonic. Each cleaning seems to reduce this film, but it still remains. When I have tried to play them, they gum up the stylus. Does anyone maybe know what this film is, and more importantly, how to clean it off?