Vinyl Cleanup Best Practice

[Dargo101]

I hope I am not asking an inappropriate question here. Maybe I should go to a different forum.
My question is this:
What is a good method to physically clean my LPs, before I record. I currently have an Audio Technica cleaner, that reminds me of the Discwasher that I had 20 years ago, but not as nice. I have read some sites that recommend some mechanical cleaners that cost more than my turntable, and my speakers. Wow! The prices are unbelievable. Is there anything affordable out there, that does a good job? Do I need some type of cleaning system, or is my little (felt-like) cleaner good enough?
If I am asking this question at the wrong forum, where should I submit this question?

[waxcylinder]

See this recommendation fom a tutorial in the Audacity 1.3 manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Samp ... ean_the_LP

I usually just clean mine with the anti-static bristle brush (specifically bought for the purpose soem years ago when shops sold more TTs and all the attendant paraphenalia. I also have one of the little cylindrical velvet ones, Parostatik Disc Preener, which has a reservoir for distilled water to slightly moisten the velvet - but I find the fine bristle one works better.

I find that cleaning does not remove all the clicks and pops (it does get rid of the cat hairs though ) - so after the initial capture I export a WAV file and process it throgh another piece of software called ClickRepair. It costs a little but is only a little shy of magicical in its effectiveness. See this sticky thread: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1994

WC