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Are There Any Risks to Your Stylus From Using Magic Eraser

I guess I'm late to the magic eraser discovery.

I read a blog about sibilance, and it was suggested that cleaning your stylus with magic eraser, cleans so well that sibilance issues can be greatly minimized.......assuming all other factors have been optimized (SRA etc.).
However, someone mentioned that the magic eraser fibers grabbed onto the cantilever and damaged their cartridge.

I clean all my LP's before playing and use a Zerostat. It cleans the stylus "OK" but "if" the magic eraser is safe and provides better stylus cleaning, I would really like to try it.

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tablejockey
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A couple dips, no swiping, and finish with the stylus brush to remove any stray fibers.
Been doing this for years. Blue Tack works too(I believe Soundsmith recommended)

More effective than those overpriced sticky gel pad thingies. I bought one of the Zero dust. Waste of money. $5.00 for a lifetime supply of Magic Eraser. It keeps the bathtub and kitchen sink looking great too! 
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Wow 2 threads i certainly would not use this on my 6k cartridge or even a less expensive one.Good luck with that!!
dill
2,488 posts
 
Don't listen to ebm, he's Mr. negative. Magic Eraser works very well but only if you dip gently and slowly both ways, up & down. Cut a chunk of it up and place it between the platter and the arm rest. Put it under the arc of the stylus swing from the arm rest to the record surface where you can lower the arm, using the cueing lever only, slowly. I dip it twice and then give the stylus a brush with Stylast. Been doing this for years.
boxer12
8,655 posts
 
Been using the ME for a couple years now in the method stated above. Works great. 
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dekay
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Yes, what Dill describes...

Been using it with ZERO problems (my old SME arm has a "lever" lift which I use for the procedure).

I DO NOT use Stylast - just an ancient dry brush that I have used for decades. 

I also use the "original" ME’s (stolen from my wife’s inventory) and have not tried the later versions.

Never looked @ the results under high magnification, but the sonic results are easily heard.

DeKay

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