Stylus cleaners

@audio-b-dog thank you for your response. My approach is as follows:

• new records are cleaned in Himonguru Nova using only distilled water on normal cycle 
• used records are thoroughly washed in Knosti Antistat with Tergikleen, rinsed with distilled water, finished in the Humminguru on normal cycle 
• fresh inner sleeves (MoFi or similar)
• record brush before playing 
• stylus cleaned with proper stylus brush (MoFi or the original cartridge included brush)
• liquid clean stylus every 5-6 records (which is unlikely with clean records) or when I hear degradation in sound quality which with clean records will be about once a month with regular listening 
• liquid clean AND treat with Stylast once every few months

When I use liquid stylus cleaner or treatment I run the brush against the inside of the neck of the bottle 2-3 times to get all access liquid out. I’m fairly confident that this careful approach will not result in creating any issues or permanent accumulation of debris on the stylus. That’s my theory. 

I use a Degritter to clean all my records new and old. I put clean records on my turntable. I love the Degritter. Anyone who can afford one, should have one.

The first picture is of the Hana ML stylus after cleaning it with the Hana included brush:

And here is after cleaning the stylus with LAST stylus cleaner (without treatment):

This gives us a pretty good idea on what brushing alone does vs using stylus cleaner. 

@audio-b-dog thanks for the recommendation. I use Humminguru Nova. 
Question - was the degritter part of your routine for at least the most of cartridge’s life before it went to Grado or did it land some time after Joe de-gunked that stylus?

I bought the Degritter after the Grado cartridge had been traded in for another cartridge. The Degritter is about five years old. Joe Grado died in 2015 I think. I think I sent him the Grado Reference in the nineties. I'm an old audiophile.