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!!!
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Cleaning Kit list, All available at the local drug store:Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol-proportion of mixture is 50% isopropyl alcohol + 50% distilled water by volume. Read the label to confirm that. Lint free tissue sheets (ladies lint free facial cleaning tissue will be fine!), come in small sheets pack. Soft chamois drying cloth or equivalent. Method: Apply liquid to just dampen the lint free tissue to go gently over the LP surface inline with the grooves. Apply more liquid to inundate the grooves of the really bad LP to dislodge the dirt therefrom. Use this sheet for one side only. Dry off with the clean chamois and replace LP back to a clean (new) inner sleeve. Play it and you will notice the crisp and twang you had from a new LP! One CAUTION though; avoid liquid contact with the label, it will leave a watermark on paper. A small amount on a stylus brush will clean the stylus beutifully too, But ENSURE the diamond is SHANK FITTED and NOT ADHESIVE FITTED. Isopropyl will DISSOLVE certain glues. Welcome back to Vinyl. regards Phil.