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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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Funny how Peter L of Soundsmith thinks a brush is a good way to destroy your cartridge but bluestick or blue tak is fine. That putty, one wrong move, will rip a cartridge apart. Not a snowball chance in hell I will be using that. 

lpluvr
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I may have been living under a rock, but in the 30+ years I've been into audio and owned all manner of cartridges, I've never heard anyone suggest Blu Tak as a stylus cleaner.  There are many well-established cleaners with a long track record of safety that I would opt for instead.

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@audphile1 

Just discovered this thread.  I use the DS Audio gel cleaner which really does work.  I bought it before i knew anything about DS Audio.

Treat yourself to your first DS Audio product ... then brace yourself for more ...

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@richardbrand I’ve been looking at this thing and I can’t pull the trigger. May be some day…

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@lpluvr I’m with you there. We have choices. I just choose not to dunk the stylus of my cartridge into that blue tak thingy. Horses for courses. 

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