I have no idea what people imagine they can be removing from a record that has spent a few tens of minutes, at most, after leaving the press before packing in a sleeve,..
Mould release agent is the accepted reason for cleaning new records, Vinny. Not that I buy new records any more, but when I did up to 3 or so years ago, I was amazed at the amount of crap which appeared on my felt pads. More, in some instances, than charity shop records. You really don't know where that new record has been !!!!!
Okay, I've raised this before, but think it important enough to raise again. I rarely if ever use my Vinyl Passion (a.k.a. other names) gel nowadays, AS I DON'T LIKE THE CANTILEVER BEING PULLED AGAINST ITS DESIGNED DIRECTION when removed from the gel.
If it's a detachable m.m. stylus, then maybe okay, but a boron or other upmarket cantilever on a multi-thousand pound coil worries me. I'd like to think that the inventors/manufacturers of these gels have done their homework on pricy styli/cantilevers, but I don't have any confidence in that. Pity, 'cos they work well.
I'd welcome some insightful comments on this widespread cleaning medium but meanwhile it's AT electronic and truncated artists' brush for me, though as aforesaid here, wet-vac cleaned records stay that way and styli keep clean; just a wee bit of fine dust or a hair on occasion.