Good advice by others. I never felt comfortable using dishwasher soap of any kind. Buy a new or used record cleaning machine! I have used a VPI-17F for years and it is great. I use a three step process, clean (homemade recipes), preserve (last), clean unwanted preservative off (Record Research). New and clean records are cleaned with distilled water and minute portion of photo flow (16 oz H2O - 2 drops photo flow ratio). For dirty records I add 1 or 2 oz of acohol. I think these work well especailly if you follow up with Last and Record Research. Good brush (there are several), wipe stylus with brush, clean stylus once in while (I like last products), I have anti-static gun (don't remember brand, as I don't need to use it very often)and most of all enjoy the music! Good luck.
Cleaning Vinyl
I have recently gotten back into vinyl. Questions regarding what type of cleaning and treatments for my abums would you suggest. I used to use the discwasher system and zerostat gun, have never tried the record cleaning machines... any suggestions? How about any type of album treatment solutions... gruv glide, etc. HELP!!!