i get good results hand-washing my records w/mild dish soap & luke-warm water. during play, i used to use a watts dust-bug, recently replaced w/a n.o.s. keith monks record sweeper, which has a ground-lead to remove static. i also use a milty zero-stat. i think arthur salvatore, a dealer in canada, still has some of these keith monks record sweepers still awailable, for ~$30-35, usa. doug