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In Reply to: Stylus hygiene: Something I've always practiced, but never preached...'til now posted by B. Scarpia on April 10, 2020 at 09:46:57:
Buy it at any supermarket (while wearing gloves and a mask). Costs a few bucks, lasts forever when used to clean styli. A quick up and down and up onto a pad of Magic Eraser and you're done. Works a charm, based on microscopic examination of styli after various methods of cleaning.
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- Magic Eraser - Lew 04/10/2012:46:15 04/10/20 (37)
- Works great - MikeWI 20:38:59 04/13/20 (0)
- Eraser - hifitommy 13:04:06 04/12/20 (0)
- Magic Eraser works great for me... - Cougar 08:17:13 04/11/20 (0)
- Stylast. - Opus 33 1/3 03:59:09 04/11/20 (2)
- +1 on Stylast. Works for me too. (nt) - reelsmith. 07:35:27 04/11/20 (0)
- Agreed. - samstone 07:04:09 04/11/20 (0)
- The BEST way to clean a stylus IS ... - reelsmith. 17:36:26 04/10/20 (0)
- Just don't ask Peter Ledermann about it - Dave Pogue 17:11:31 04/10/20 (24)
- Moongel percussion dampening gel pads - MAS 07:03:01 04/14/20 (1)
- When Magic Eraser was first suggested, I remember people saying - alaskahiatt 15:25:40 04/14/20 (0)
- What happened with Peter, you, and Magic Eraser? - Lew 21:05:12 04/10/20 (20)
- I've been yammering about it here since 2016 - Dave Pogue 05:26:07 04/11/20 (4)
- Sorry to make you repeat the story,... - Lew 10:07:11 04/11/20 (2)
- RE: Sorry to make you repeat the story,... - Dave Pogue 14:08:09 04/11/20 (1)
- RE: Sorry to make you repeat the story,... - Lew 17:46:42 04/11/20 (0)
- Thanks to Dave telling me what Peter said I bought some..... - Rick W 08:45:18 04/11/20 (0)
- The microfibers can wrap themselves around the stylus tip. - ghost of olddude55 04:59:26 04/11/20 (13)
- RE: The microfibers can wrap themselves around the stylus tip. - Lew 11:20:01 04/11/20 (12)
- Here's a photo of a Shure N91ed stylus after using Magic Eraser - alaskahiatt 11:45:46 04/11/20 (11)
- Used Stylast for nearly 40 years. Never any buildup, just a pristeen stylus. /nt\. - Opus 33 1/3 12:35:16 04/11/20 (2)
- I didn't see the buildup, until I used my microscope. The records - alaskahiatt 12:44:36 04/11/20 (1)
- Nope. just apply stylast and use AQ CF brush before each side. /nt\ - Opus 33 1/3 13:16:27 04/11/20 (0)
- Watchmaker's putty leaves no film. - ghost of olddude55 11:49:54 04/11/20 (7)
- Just ordered! Thanks guys. Do you just dip once between plays? nt - alaskahiatt 12:39:52 04/11/20 (4)
- RE: It's Passover, we dip twice - B. Scarpia 16:06:01 04/11/20 (2)
- I'm not religious, so I can dip all I want. nt - ghost of olddude55 04:13:07 04/12/20 (1)
- dip all I want. nt? - hifitommy 12:38:04 04/12/20 (0)
- Soundsmith's website recommends ten dips. - ghost of olddude55 12:44:52 04/11/20 (0)
- Okay, I will look it up. Thanks. nt - alaskahiatt 12:22:43 04/11/20 (0)
- RE: Watchmaker's putty leaves no film. - Cpwill 12:12:26 04/11/20 (0)
- RE: I'm a reformed Stylast user and had a brief affair with Mr. Clean - B. Scarpia 04:26:15 04/11/20 (0)
- I was wondering if you were gonna post :-) nt - Rick W 17:40:37 04/10/20 (0)
- RE: The whole point was that no chemicals or erasers or hymns are necessary - B. Scarpia 13:34:13 04/10/20 (2)
- Me 2 - M3 lover 13:31:39 04/10/20 (1)
- RE: Me 2 - NuWave 15:25:11 04/10/20 (0)