Stylus maintenance

[Tony3d]

How often do you usually clean your stylus, and what do you use?

 

[sandeepmohan]

My record collection is very old and has not been well maintained so I need to clean the stylus after every record. I blow the stylus or use a very mild paint brush. Does the job.

 

[murali_n]

hi,

I clean the stylus with the brush that came along with them ,before I place it on the record everytime.

N.Murali

 

[sachu888]

I use magic eraser to clean my stylus.

Regards,
Sachin

 

[Asit]

Hi,
I have had a TT since 1986, but must say I was never seriously into it until very recently. Initially I was using the Canton stylus cleaning solution with the little brush that came with it. This was bought in Germany a long time ago. When it all got consumed, I got a 75% solution of Isopropyl alcohol. Recently I heard that using alcohol may dissolve the glue that fixes the needle to the cantilever and the needle may fall off after repeated use. Very recently I got myself the Clearaudio "Elixir of Sound" stylus cleaning solution (from elusivedisc.com for about USD 30) which explicitly says that it contains almost no alcohol. I usually clean the stylus once for every record I play, with a few very light strokes from the cantilever side to the tip of the needle using the brush supplied with the liquid.

Regards.

 

[reubensm]

agree with Asit, I use the same approach. Avoid anything with alcohol content unless your stylus is extremely clogged and has a hard cake of dust on it...it would be a good idea to control the source of dust as well - play only clean LPs...avoid playing LPs from friends, pre-used purchases, etc without cleaning..!!

 

[Tony3d]

Thanks everyone!

 

[entsurgeon]

tony bro... belated welcome to tt forum. please tell us which stylus are you gonna clean?? what tt is monted with the cart that you are using it with?
whats your taste in vinyls?