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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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audphile1 OP
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I use the black light to trigger another run thru the US cleaner…
 

that makes sense @tomic601 

I started this thread as I didn’t see any recent in depth discussions on stylus cleaning methods and tools. Great info here thank you all!!! 

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@faustuss 

You should also look in my profile under faustuss's system and expand the first photo showing my inexpensive IKEA turntable lamp I've had for years and the position it's clamped to on my turntable stand and the light oriented across the platter towards the cartridge

Good tip on the clip-on desk lamp.  Looks as if it might be a NÄVLINGE from IKEA?  It should double as a strobe light, too?

Next time I have a spare 3 hours I will pop into IKEA then try to find my way out again ...

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Next time I have a spare 3 hours I will pop into IKEA then try to find my way out again ..
 

@richardbrand hopefully the new turntable lamp will light the way for you 

I get so lost in ikea that by the time I wheel a piece of furniture from its storage location to the cash register it’s already disintegrated and needs to be replaced. 

inna
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Just use Lyra or LAST, both are supposed to be more than adequate, cost almost nothing. Zero points for discussion. 

Like in Germany, there are 2000 kinds of hotdogs. Who needs all that ? Germans, I guess, maybe.

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