Record Cleaner won't clean?? Or is it me?

This is just my experience so take it for what it is. 50% of the time I find the noise is caused by my stylus being dirty, which usually is caused by not cleaning a new record or my golden retriever’s hair. 
After cleaning the stylus there’s still noise it goes to the ultrasonic. My experience is even with VPI cleaning there can still be noise which a trip through the ultrasonic corrects. 
I make it a practice to ultrasonic clean all records when I first get them regardless of whether they were previously cleaned or not, that includes new vinyl which can sometimes be the dirtiest. 
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I love my HumminGuru

I know doesn’t help OP with VPI . Just another option 

Yeah, if you're cleaning records that were likely involved in a few Pizza Parties, quite trashed thrift finds, you can't expect a quick one step process doing much.

As mentioned, no brush gets in the groove, and concur, a CF Anti-Static Brush is the wrong tool for the job at hand.  Get the right stuff needed for wet cleaning. 

Osage, MOFI, Disc Doctor are better choices for brushes to spread-massage cleaners-rinses.

No harm-foul to repeat a cleaning process, or to use a multi-step process. Always do a final pure water rinse. 

@triton20trx +1

I love my Humminguru, also. It's removed noises no other cleaner would. It's not quite a miracle cure, but the closest I've seen yet.

I love my HumminGuru too, and it is great for final clean of Ex+ or better records, it is no substitute for a wet clean and vacuum machine for really dirty vinyl.  If you buy new or near new records, then an US machine is the best choice.  If you buy a lot of used records, collect old records long out of print, then a machine like a VPI or a Loricraft is a much more effective option.  I am fortunate to have both.

Hello and thank you for these comments....

I do use a gel stylus cleaner that seems to do a decent job of getting rid of dust and gunk on my needle. Do these wear out over time? 

I will try the distilled water wash on the Music Hall at the end of a cleaning. And also be mindful I do not vacuum for too long. 

Could you all point me to a brush which is stiff enough to do a deep cleaning while on my music hall? 

I am also thinking that my cartridge alignment or weight may be off and will check that. When I lift the needle using the lever, the needle has a habit of jumping up (as if it was stuck in the groove) and then it slides to the right (as if the table itself is not level but it is)

thank you!

Richard