Stylus cleaners

Yes I know @audio-b-dog 

My take is - if your records are clean (washed, re-sleeved in new anti-static sleeves) and you use a carbon fiber brush to clean records before playing them, you won’t have any significant dust accumulation on the stylus. Dry stylus brush is all you need. However, periodically cleaning stylus with something like the LAST duo does not hurt. It will not attract dust. It will get the stylus and cantilever cleaner than a dry brush alone can. Degritter is a key part of it all. It gets your records really clean. 
Your Grado cartridge stylus was exposed to significantly dirtier records pre-Degritter. And the accumulation of gunk was unlikely due to LAST stylus cleaner. Most likely cause was dirty records. That’s my theory. 

My question was to those who use Mr. Clean on their stylus. 

Paper towel is an absolute lint and fiber bomb… lint free clean room grade wipes are very inexpensive 

carry on

True that @tomic601 

how about Dude Wipes? I just need to figure out the order…

@audphile1 

I think when I had the Grado cartridge, I cleaned my records with  the VPI 16.5. Anywy, Joe Grado absolutely asked what liquid I was cleaning my stylus with. I was using Last. He told me not to use it. Last was the gunk he had to clean off my stylus. That was the last day I used Last stylus cleaner, and I had already quit using Last on my records. I was worried about what it would seal in. It's hard to hear, I know. All those years I used it and thought I was doing a good and just audiophile thing. At this point, though, the fewer things I have to do to a record before finally getting to listen to it, the happier I am.

@audio-b-dog 

He probably assumed you were using the preservative and his comments were probably correct. The cleaner on the other hand leaves no residue and after using it for more than thirty years I can attest that LAST cleaner is an excellent product. I clean my stylus with it before every record I play which contributes significantly to the sound quality.

Just like when people say Rega turntables have speed stability issues when they were only known to run a little bit fast. Semantics!