I would also interject that how you handle and use the records after washing are important. I have got in the ritual of cleaning a dirty album cover before putting the clean record back in the cover, getting clean new sleeves, not talking around my clean records to avoid breathing on them, using a carbon brush for a final clean before playing. Also following Soundsmith recommend blue tac stylus dip after playing a side .
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I just had to share a picture of this new record after first pull out of it’s sleeve.
“High Note” recording.
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He did a follow up video on cleaning methods with the HumminGuru.
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I have cleaned about 75 records with my HumminGuru since I received it. Overall I have been pretty pleased with it for $400. I have been using a couple of drops of GrooveWasher G-Sonic in a tank (which they advertise is the only approved additive for the HumminGuru). I think it cleans and dries better with using G-Sonic.
I am still concerned about the long-term viability of this this machine, which I like to refer to it as a poor man’s Degritter. However, I will continue to use the HumminGuru until it meets its demise. It if meets an untimely death in the near future, as I am sold on the concept of ultrasonic cleaning versus a tedious manual procedure, I would pony up the funds for a Degritter and never look back.
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I’ve cleaned all my records with a Loricraft for years, when new and occasionally thereafter when they need it.
Dry cleaning of the stylus is not very effective. Wet cleaning is potentially dangerous as fluid must never go up the cantilever into the mechanism. Mark Baker at Origin Live and Wyndham Thompson at Expert Stylus recommend the same method. Get baby cotton buds and L’Art du Son (OL) or non-alcohol lens cleaner spray (ES). Spray the cotton bud, or just a drop of L’Art du Son, so the bud is damp, not saturated. Raise the bud to the stylus when resting on the clamp, but not clamped down. Do every side. The bud should stay damp for hours given the fluid has no alcohol. I use a spay from Boots, total cost under $10 with a big box of buds.
Since my cart is made by Lyra, I use Lyra cleaning fluid. Just a drop on the tiny, angled brush, barely wiping the stylus. When viewed with my loupe after cleaning, the little diamond is naked and shiny. And the sound is mellifluous.
I also have the carbon fibre brush that lots of people brand, such as Project. I do worry it could remove a stylus if not careful.
I agree. It seems not fit for purpose. Much too aggressive.
I used a Nitty Gritty Mini-X. Super convenient way to clean both sides at once. I know, not as good as a ultrasonics, but also not in the same price range. 
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