Topic: diy record cleaning machine
finally made a very good working version. take an old record player, some hose, some polyester thread, an empty nutella pot and a vacuum cleaner, and voila. total cost can be as low as around 25 euro.
based on the principle of the Loricraft machine: http://www.garrard501.com/prc2.html
and its german diy clone: http://secret-sound-labs.net/wash.htm
i tried several other designs first, but this one works super and vacuums your vinyl completely dry in about 10 seconds. the brush is made from some stripping you put under draughty doors. the trick is in the thread, the sucking cone rests on this so theres no direct contact with the vinyl. every few records you pull a new bit of string and the old one gets disposed in the jar with used fluid.
on scratched and damaged records you'll still hear the scratches of course, but on dirty records, even ones already washed with cleaner but not vacuumed, the result is remarkable. 90% of clicks and pops disappear. and its easy to build once you have the materials and other stuff figured out..