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Stylus cleaners

I used to use Onzo ZeroDust with my first few cartridges years ago. With the last two cartridges, Hana ML, I have only been using the included Hana brush for every side of LP and the MoFi LP-9 liquid stylus cleaner (I get as much fluid out of the brush by pressing it against the neck of the bottle before I clean stylus) every 3-4 records. 
Onzo is collecting dust especially since the Fremer’s The Tracking Angle article. 
 

I’ve been looking at DS Audio ST-50 but at $80 I’m not sure it will do anything better than my current cleaning methods. 
 

What’s your stylus cleaning routine?

audphile1
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tomic601
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Also for those rightfully enamored w liquid last,,, peer into the bottle now and then with an eye to the abrasive slurry floating around inside.,, like mating the fridge… when in doubt throw it out,,,,,

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foggyus91
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@audphile1 That is very effective and I am using the LAST products and have used the Kirmuss Audio solution that came with my Kirmuss LP Cleaning system.

 

lpluvr
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Another Onzow user here.  Been using it for many years on many different cartridges and it works well and does no harm.

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audphile1 OP
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Thank you all for a great discussion! I’ll be trying LAST kit. Can’t bring myself to dish out $80 for a piece of gel. May be I’ll change my mind later who knows. 

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lalitk
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“peer into the bottle now and then with an eye to the abrasive slurry floating around inside”
@tomic601 

I just looked up my LAST duo bottles under microphone…phew! Still… after seeing it under magnification, it’s hard not to instinctively cap the bottle a little faster next time 😆

@audphile1  Good call! 

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