Stylus cleaners

I used to much LYRA SPT on a Hana SH & the diamond fell off. I was listening to some 45 RPMs & didn't wait the 10 sec. ( I read that after). Always read the directions first.

I use Last Stylus cleaner & Stylast Stylus treatment, works great. I've used it since the early 80s. I just brush also but the Last Stylus cleaner gets it really clean. I still use the Hana, it was rebuilt by Soundsmith.

Like @Tablejockey posted, Peter Leaderman from Soundsmith told me to form about a 1" column of Blue Tak ( a removeable poster holder) and stick it on a quarter. I keep it between tt plater and tone arm. Just dip stylus down on it a few times before each play. Seems to work fine and very low cost.

I mean no disrespect and I am sure PL knows what he’s talking about but I will not be using blue tak to clean the stylus on my cartridge. 

With all this talk about LAST, I remembered that I have their record treatment. It’s been a while since I used it and in general I can’t say I’m a fan but I picked a noisy pressing, washed it and treated it with LAST. It definitely quiets down the noise slightly and sound is a bit fuller. I should try their stylus cleaner. 

@audphile1 

I've been using LAST stylus cleaner for decades and found it completely reliable. I use LAST's stylus brushes with three swipes from the bottle's applicator perpendicular to the direction of the brush from the stylus back to front at the beginning of every record.

Styluses are mounted differently. Some are glued to a metal shank that is attached to the cantilever. Others are oriented by the shape of the nude diamond shank through the cantilever and crimped with a small drop of epoxy on top of the cantilever to hold it in place. The one's that use unconventional rods or tubes made of beryllium, diamond or boron, the nude diamond shank is oriented and attached to the end of the rod with a fairly large glob of epoxy. These are the ones you have to be especially careful that your stylus cleaner isn't aggressive to the adhesive and cause it to fail. I wouldn't doubt that a stylus mounted this way isn't going to fall of eventually anyway.