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Switching from a bayer to an x-trans sensor got me in this situation too. I tought there was something wrong , especially with my high iso images. I found that sharpening without using the 'detail' slider too much is the key. I rarely go up 10 on it. And I still get sharpen the image pretty good. When you open a raf files in lightroom or camera raw the slider is by default at 25 so it's more noticeable. And, most important, I got myself to stopped doing extreme ''pixel peeping'' Now I'm pretty happy with my pictures!

Post is a little old, but I've been using the eyelead sensor gel stick for a couple of years now and I find that it's less messy and a very fast/effective way of cleaning my sensors than the ''wet'' cleaning solution. https://photographylife.com/product/sensor-gel-stick