Humminguru Nova

@lalitk exactly !
good news is…I rewashed the Edu & Tom record with only distilled water and the sound as I know it is back! Also without the solution mixed in the machine is quieter. There’s a high pitch in the beginning but it goes away quickly. I will spend some more time with it over the weekend but the Small Bottle solution is a non-starter. I need to have the initial PTSD wear off before I can reassess better what it does. 

@audphile1 
If you use any surfactant/detergent or anything other than distilled water in your ultrasonic bath, it will require a rinse step.

@ljgerens that would make sense. But they claim they small bottle is a one step deal. Using just distilled water requires longer dry cycle so the small bottle is a drying agent. I don’t care what it is, it can’t be used as it leaves a layer on the grooves that impacts sound quality. 
I washed another record with just distilled water and it’s fine. 

I swear by my Hummin Guru. I clean all records when I get them, both used and new. It’s amazing how I can run an old record thru one or 2 cycles and make it sound like new. It also lets you see how dirty even new records are by the residue trapped in the filter. 

“Can’t beat the convenience factor of the US machine”
@audphile1 

Exactly!  I believe you will appreciate the convenience more as your collection grows. For extra dirty records, run a longer cycle or ran them through Nova twice. All you need is distilled water and new records to keep the cleaning regime going!