There are fluids that dont need a machine

http://www.audioaffair.c...z15v2subACFcQKfAodRTZs5g

On an earlier post I mentioned using PVA or wood glue to clean them too

http://www.ehow.com/how_...n-records-wood-glue.html

Perhaps test this on a less valuable record first.............

A sensibly priced option whch works well is the Knosti Disco Anti-Stat cleaner which you can pick up from Amazon for £30.99 (most shops sell it for £45 or so). Its fluid works well, it comes with filters to clean the fluid out and reuse it (around 25 times depending on the records) and refills are readily available.

For the few really unbelievably dirty records which are still salvageable, find a HiFi dealer that does the record cleaning service. They're expensive (we charge £3.50 a record nowadays, but then we use a Keith Monks machine) so only use this service for cherished/grubby records. Well, I say that and yet I regularly get customers in having spent £2.50 on records in Oxfam and they trot straight to us for a clean! I don't get it, but they claim the clean really is that effective. I still think it's something to be reserved for particular records though...

I have a higher labour-lower tech method-

I bath records in a solution of 90% water, 10% methylated spirits (this is household alcohol; I forget what you call it in the UK), plus a cap-full of car wash liquid (because it has no salt to scratch; do not use dishwashing liquid).
I wipe the records with a microfibre cloth, but any soft cloth will do, rinse under a barely warm tap, and gently dry.

Cheap, easy, but not quick.