Record cleaning vs Last Record Preservative

This is a question for TWL...

If your records get noisier after cleaning, something is obviously wrong.

Is there increased static electricity? If so, a product as cheap and benign as Gruv Glide could really help out.

If not static, look at your cleaning regimen. Several folks over at the Vinyl Asylum positively swear by the combination of RRL fluid and DiscDoctor brushes. I have DiscDoctor brushes and fluid, no vacuum, and they work fantastically well. There is something about the specific nap and handle on those brushes, they really do work great.

Remember, the vacuum just speeds up the drying process, for convenience. Also make sure the vacuum nozzle isn't gunking up the equation.

Best of luck.

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HTH Dave

i have a huge dark brown bottle of last presevative which
smells like a petroleum-dirivative. once upon a time, i put it on a few alblums (following directions as best as i could) and after playing ONE SIDE of the record i had to clean a black tarry clump from the stylus. fortunately, you can get the "last" stuff off by normal record cleaning (i use vpi's
which is probably just purified water with a drop or two of
a wetting agent added). i know a little about the theory that there's a layer of something-or-other on the surface of new records that the "last" may be removing, but i prefer to leave my stylus alone as much as possible, as i'm not the most coordinated person in the world. in my experience the normal one-shot record cleaning that i do on a nitty-gritty
works very well, but i manually scrub the vpi solution around in the direction of the grooves- first clockwise, then counterclockwise, with a nice brush which matches the width of the record playing surface. it definitely gets 95% of the dirt out- after that i learn to live with whatever noise is left- the music usually sounds really great anyway.

I have great result`s using record reseach fluid, keep in mind cleaning the main purpose is to rid the record of mold spores. I allow 10 rotations with record research fluid useing a last applicator, ONLY allow 2 rotations in the vacumeing step this process can introduce static back to the record if you allow to many rotations in this step.

Pops and clicks (static) result of a inbalance of + and - ions to get the record back to a nutral state I first use a zerostat gun, this is were I beleive the most help comes from IF USED PROPERLY the trigger must be pulled and released very slowly. The other step is a carbon fiber brush this to has a right and wrong way. I use a audioquest carbon fiber brush, with the record rotating put the brush in contact with the record. Here`s were some mess up you must touch a peice of equipment that is grounded doesn`t matter what peice as long as it`s grounded for this allow`s the - ions to pass through your body returning the record to nuteral state. Hope that help`s I know it seems like a pain in the butt but when you get rid of most of the click`s you will be repayed with a unbeatable sound. Also keep in mind you cannot restore a damaged record. David