@pryso,
This subject has been discussed many ways - there is a long thread over at the VPI Forum and starting around page 66 I started contributing http://www.vpiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2289&start=650.
Otherwise, you can swipe the brush back & forth as quickly as you wish - the faster the better, just don't be throwing liquid everywhere. There are two schools of thought - one is to bear down on the brush/pad to scrub record - I am not a fan of that - too easy to do more harm than good. I am the school of thought that says move the brush as quickly as you can back & forth to agitate the cleaner/fluid - so that its is the fluid agitation - the fluid velocity/foam (that can mimic cavitation) that does the cleaning. Some foam is OK for manual cleaning when you are not using a lot of cleaner, it lifts/float debris from the record into the brush so you are not grinding it into the record.
Your drying method sounds great - especially this time of year when cold weather + low humidity make it very easy to develop static on the record.
Good Luck!
Neil
This subject has been discussed many ways - there is a long thread over at the VPI Forum and starting around page 66 I started contributing http://www.vpiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2289&start=650.
Otherwise, you can swipe the brush back & forth as quickly as you wish - the faster the better, just don't be throwing liquid everywhere. There are two schools of thought - one is to bear down on the brush/pad to scrub record - I am not a fan of that - too easy to do more harm than good. I am the school of thought that says move the brush as quickly as you can back & forth to agitate the cleaner/fluid - so that its is the fluid agitation - the fluid velocity/foam (that can mimic cavitation) that does the cleaning. Some foam is OK for manual cleaning when you are not using a lot of cleaner, it lifts/float debris from the record into the brush so you are not grinding it into the record.
Your drying method sounds great - especially this time of year when cold weather + low humidity make it very easy to develop static on the record.
Good Luck!
Neil