I've found that vinyl lps are more resilient than I originally thought they were, but agree that you don't want to scrub them with a dry pad, and don't need to scrub extra hard. I have the manual nitty gritty RCM, and I have an old junk turntable next to it which I use to wet the first side of the LP. That is, I wet side one on the TT, flip it over and place it in the RCM, wet side 2 which is the up side on the RCM, scrub both sides, and then vacuum them. I do one wash cycle with cleaning fluid, rinse with pure distilled water.
I don't press really hard during scrubbing, but I'm not gentle either.
I don't press really hard during scrubbing, but I'm not gentle either.