I've used the Vinyl-Zyme on a few records. No record cleaning machine; just applied it to wet the LP and spread it around, let it sit for a minute, then cleaned with an Orbitrac pad.
Consistent with my experience with the Orbitrac fluid and 50% Isopropyl/50% distilled water, I've had to get the LP good and wet and "scrub" firmly with the Orbitrac pad to get a good cleaning. Then I have to go back with a drier Orbitrac pad just lightly misted with fluid (as per Orbitrac's instructions) a couple of times around the LP to get up any residue. The word on Orbitrac is that if you get the pad too wet, its fibers don't get down into the grooves very well.
This is doing a far better job on old, dirty records than Orbitrac's stock instructions (light mist and a couple times around the record). It seems to clean better than the other fluids I mentioned above but I'm not noticing a massive difference as of yet.
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