Yeah, it sounds like what you’re saying Joe is correct! I only use the spin clean fluid and distilled water so that part is good! I do around five rotations like you said on each side, so that part is good too! It must be that I’m not drying it properly! I use the spin clean cloths to dry it, and I usually have it dry in 1 minute, I just give it a good wipe on both sides, and I have around five spin-clean cloths there because some get a bit wet after cleaning a few, so I rotate between the cloths. After 1 minute of wiping the record clean, I then put it on a platter and dryvac the record. I do 3 rotations each side when vacuuming. After that, it goes straight into the ultimate diskeeper inner sleeve!
I think Spin Clean just isn’t for me. It’s a great cleaning system for sure, and it’s the most popular one, and has good reviews everywhere, but I have trouble and it’s not enjoyable for me because I don’t know where to put the record after cleaning it, and I hate using the dryvac.
So yeah, even though it’s much more expensive, I’m going to invest into the Pro-ject VC-S2 ALU! After watching videos on it, I think it’s the record cleaning machine I want!