In other lives I have been involved in extreme cleaning and microscopy. I would say that given the small dimensions and complexity of record grooves , I would never ever put anything on that even had any hint of leaving residue. Not to mention how expensive cartridges have become.
The job of cleaning a dirty record does not require anything that leaves a residue. The amount of detergent required is very low on a percentage basis and a few percent of an alcohol (ethanol or propanol)also increases the wettability of water. While it is true that Dawn or Tergitol(what the purists think they have to use) would leave a little residue if allowed to dry on the record, even with tap water it would wash away cleanly. In my part of the world (midwest USA) the water is moderately hard so if you don't rinse with distilled or deI water you will have more noise than you started with but I have never seen residue on the stylus after a tap water rinse. You flush with tap water to remove the detergent and then the DeI so the calcium and magnesium salts don't precipitate out onto the record surface. Fortunately they are soluble and the DeI carries them away effectively. I like to rinse once or twice with tap water and twice with DeI.
The job of cleaning a dirty record does not require anything that leaves a residue. The amount of detergent required is very low on a percentage basis and a few percent of an alcohol (ethanol or propanol)also increases the wettability of water. While it is true that Dawn or Tergitol(what the purists think they have to use) would leave a little residue if allowed to dry on the record, even with tap water it would wash away cleanly. In my part of the world (midwest USA) the water is moderately hard so if you don't rinse with distilled or deI water you will have more noise than you started with but I have never seen residue on the stylus after a tap water rinse. You flush with tap water to remove the detergent and then the DeI so the calcium and magnesium salts don't precipitate out onto the record surface. Fortunately they are soluble and the DeI carries them away effectively. I like to rinse once or twice with tap water and twice with DeI.