[mfsoa]

Hi all,
I just got this stylus cleaner, and it came with two brushes- The paint-brushy one that lives in the liquid, and a second one with tightly packed, short stiff bristles in a circle - I'm sure most of you are familiar with this kind.
Anyway, the instructions make no reference to the stiff bristle brush.
Is this for dry use only after the wetted paint brush , or do you put a drop of fluid on the stiff brush and use after the paint brush etc.? In my previous vinyl life I remember a Last product where I think you added the fluid to the stiff type of brush.

I guess I could ask the mfg, but I thought I'd get a faster response here, from my new audio guru buddies!

BTW just got my Neuance shelf for my Target wall mount TT rack - Very nice workmanship but haven't done much critical listening. (Project Perspective Carbon/Sumiko BPSIII)

Thanks for any advice!

[OTL]

I can't imagine applying a liquid to the stylus/cantilever as it could wick up the shaft.   As pleasant as that may sound, your internal mechanisms (magnets, coils, wire, etc..) would likely not appreciate being spooged up.

Sorry, but I can't find an immediate reference to "spooged".  But I do understand that like porn, "You'll know it when you see it".

Mike B.

[soundguy3]

I have had good results with this non liquid stylus cleaner from Extreme Phono.

http://www.extremephono.com/Stylus_Cleaner.htm


SGuy

[Russellcc]

This stuff, like all RRL is wonderful.  I use a small brush to first knock off any visible residue.  
then the little brush with short bristols used dry , then take the little self contained brush first on one side then the other, just a stroke or two.  Under 50x magnification, this usually has the stylus clean and sparkling like new.  this method bests all others I have tried, including zerodust, solidstate, mr clean, everything. The short bristled brush really knocks the crap off, and the fluid applicator brush only requires a stroke on each side.  the brush is so soft that at first blush it doesnt appear it could possibly do any good, but the fluid is such that it magically removes the remaining crud with a touch.  Then, carefully squeeze it with a clean cloth, ( I use a piece of T shirt to remove the stuff it removed from the stylus.  You will begin to notice a slight cloud of filth developing on the bottom of the bottle directly under the brush, so dont shake the stuff up.

Russellc

[Russellcc]

I have had good results with this non liquid stylus cleaner from Extreme Phono.

http://www.extremephono.com/Stylus_Cleaner.htm


SGuy

you should try examining your stylus under at least 50x magnification after use. I found sometime it would clean, other times it wouldn't.  what alarmed me is that when it didnt pull off the crap, (more often than not)  there would be small blobs of the goo still attached to the crap on the stylus.  so then it required a touch of the mr clean, and reattempt.  many times, a repeat.  My stylus cleaning protocal was getting out of hand, as I wouldnt stop until clean under 50x.  Once I started with the RRL, it was not only clean, but sparkly clean like new. 99 out of 100 times, it is spotless after the RRL. If played after the solid state, there would sometimes be a residue (under 50x) that was the devil to get off the stylus, usually requiring mr clean, then RRL.  while speaking about mr clean, sometimes after use I would find a fiber of it stuck to the stylus...this stuff is highly abrasive, so if you are still using mr clean alone, beware.

Russellc

[Russellcc]

I can't imagine applying a liquid to the stylus/cantilever as it could wick up the shaft.   As pleasant as that may sound, your internal mechanisms (magnets, coils, wire, etc..) would likely not appreciate being spooged up.

Sorry, but I can't find an immediate reference to "spooged".  But I do understand that like porn, "You'll know it when you see it".

Mike B.

No no no...You dont use it like a paint brush!  the applicator brush is only required to touch each side of the stylus to do its work.  this is the only cleaner reccomended by Benz by the way.

Russellc

[mfsoa]

Russellcc,
Thanks for the advice. I was using my brushes in a similar way, but was using the stiff brush after the paint-y brush, thinking that crud that was loosened up by the fluid but not removed by the paint-y brush would be physically removed with the stiff.

Yes, I also wipe the wet brush, with a disposable Kim-Wipe before rebottling.

Never used a mag glass though.

Thanks again

[mjosef]

Discwasher made something like that back in the 80's, they sold a stylus fluid with which you would apply a drop to the stiff brush to clean a dirty stylus, and also suggested dry-brushing the stylus after playing each LP side.
Last also had a stylus preserver(?), small bottle of fliud with a brush in the cap for applying to the cleaned stylus. Was supposed to somehow preserve the stylus somehow. Not sure if those are still on the market, but it sound like the same idea as your RRL cleaner.

[Russellcc]

Discwasher made something like that back in the 80's, they sold a stylus fluid with which you would apply a drop to the stiff brush to clean a dirty stylus, and also suggested dry-brushing the stylus after playing each LP side.
Last also had a stylus preserver(?), small bottle of fliud with a brush in the cap for applying to the cleaned stylus. Was supposed to somehow preserve the stylus somehow. Not sure if those are still on the market, but it sound like the same idea as your RRL cleaner.

I think the last stuff is still around.  They have a seperate cleaner and preserver.  the RRL is kind of both all rolled into one. I have only used the preserver stuff.  it seemed to work, but under magnification, I could see the stuff on the stylu, which actually, i think that the way it worked.  They maintained the substance would greatly extend the life of the stylus.  I dont know if it did or not, but I really love the way the stylus looks under about 50x after RRL.  extremely clean and shiny!

Russellc