Is it true records are sealed to look better....


...and need a thorough proper cleaning even when new to sound best?

A vendor of ultrasonic record cleaning machines asserted this to me recently.  He also described a 45 minute process using an ultrasonic record cleaner to address it. Yikes! I clean my records manually now in just a few minutes and sounds clean when done. I thought an automatic record cleaner would save time and make things easier but not according to this particular expert.

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Washing new clothes before wearing is one of those things mostly done by folks who are allergic to the chemicals on new clothing, and by folks who are rather like "Monk" (from the TV series) and folks who have someone else to wash them for them!           
To translate this into vinyl ... If your butler has to do it? Why not?(PS this was to be a funny,)