Vinyl Care

Peter Lederman from Soundsmith told me how to clean stylus. He said do not use a dry brush. Pick up that blue clay type product that is used to hold poster board to walls and comes off clean. 

I found it at hardware store, Loctite Fun Tak.

Form a small column about 1 inch high and stick it to a quarter.

Place next to headshell and dip stylus onto top of column a few times before each use. After several "dips" of stylus, remold the Fun Tak so a clean surface is formed.

His carts cost in the thousands so I follow his advice.

Consider using the Last Record Cleaning system.  I started using it on my records in the late '60's (55-60 yrs ago..wow) and those records still sound as new.  Use the preservative before first play, then use the cleaning fluid every 3-5th time you play the record.  No expensive machinery required, either.

bikefi10

Very interesting approach,I like it.

Thank you 

theaudiohiffle

I will look into to that one also.

Thank you

@theaudiohiffle I've had the LAST cleaning system around for decades using the all-purpose cleaning solution (I would never use so called "preservatives" on my records or stylus!) and no matter what you do it always leaves residue. When I was still relying on it after using three drops of the solution on the applicator and distributing it according to LAST's instructions, I would roll the applicator on a dry and clean rolled up cotton T shirt at least six times to remove the excess before applying it to the record surface. After multiple plays even within months or years between plays there will be a minute white glob on the tip of the stylus.

As a general rule I keep record cleaning to a minimum. Breaking the seal on a new record it only gets a single pass with a dry carbon fiber brush as I queue up each side, (unpowered, rotating the turntable platter one revolution with my left hand) then a pass with a silicon roller left and right with a quarter turn of the platter and left and right again. I do repeat this procedure with every play whether I've used a more extensive cleaning method on used records or not.

Consider using the Last Record Cleaning system.  I started using it on my records in the late '60's (55-60 yrs ago..wow) and those records still sound as new.  Use the preservative before first play, then use the cleaning fluid every 3-5th time you play the record.  No expensive machinery required, either.