Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording method for recording an image on a recording medium by ejecting an aqueous ink from a print head of an ink jet recording apparatus, the method comprising:

• applying an aqueous ink onto a recording medium, the aqueous ink comprising a pigment and a resin particulate;
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• cleaning a liquid contact member that comes into contact with the aqueous ink in the ink jet recording apparatus with an aqueous cleaning liquid,
• wherein the ink jet recording apparatus includes a cleaning liquid supply path through which the cleaning liquid is supplied to the liquid contact member,
• wherein the cleaning liquid comprises a surfactant, a first water-soluble organic solvent with a lower vapor pressure than water, a second water-soluble organic solvent with an SP value, measured by a Fedors method, of 9.8 or more to 14.2 or less, and a third water-soluble organic solvent with a water retention capacity of 50% or less in an amount by mass of 0.7 times or more relative to the total amount by mass of the water-soluble organic solvents, and the cleaning liquid has a pH of 8.5 or more,
• wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent, the second water-soluble organic solvent, and the third water-soluble organic solvent are the same or different, and
• wherein the water retention capacity is determined by allowing 10.0 g of 20% by mass aqueous liquid of the third water-soluble organic solvent placed in a laboratory dish to stand in an environment at a temperature of 30° C. and a relative humidity of 10%, measuring the mass of the residue in the laboratory dish when the mass no longer varies, and calculating the following equation (i):
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