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In Reply to: Stylus Gunk posted by Joe Backer on January 15, 2017 at 11:33:15:
I use Stylast on all my cartridges. I apply Stylast before every side of every record and I brush the stylus with Last's stiff bristle brush after each side is finished playing. The stylus remains pristinely clean at all times.
I used to remove my cartridges periodically to look at their styli under a high-powered microscope, but they always looked pristinely clean. Therefore, I've been applying Stylast religiously for 30-years and it works for me. I never have to clean the stylus with stylus cleaning solvent---only Stylast before every side of every record religiously.
Good luck,
John Elison
PS. These are actual pictures of my DL-103R and my DL-S1 styli to show you how clean they are. It's also interesting to note the difference in size. Both pictures were taken with the same magnification showing how massive the DL-103R stylus/cantilever is compared to the DL-S1.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Stylus Gunk - John Elison 23:37:04 01/16/17 (12)
- RE: Stylus Gunk - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 12:08:43 01/17/17 (0)
- John, what did you finally use to obtain pictures through your microscope? - alaskahiatt 12:00:00 01/17/17 (1)
- RE: John, what did you finally use to obtain pictures through your microscope? - John Elison 16:24:28 01/17/17 (0)
- Since I don't have a microscope I can't be sure, but......... - Rick W 09:01:16 01/17/17 (4)
- Stylast is designed to "migrate" up the cantilever a bit. - Opus 33 1/3 11:58:04 01/17/17 (3)
- RE: Stylast is designed to "migrate" up the cantilever a bit. - Crazy Dave 10:56:33 01/18/17 (1)
- I doubt it would migrate that far. Maybe just up from the stylus - Opus 33 1/3 12:52:29 01/18/17 (0)
- Hmm........... nt - Rick W 21:29:23 01/17/17 (0)
- RE: Stylus Gunk - Crazy Dave 08:58:29 01/17/17 (0)
- Also a long time user of Stylast. Agree 100% nt - 3+4=5 08:49:26 01/17/17 (0)
- +1 on the Stylast. 30+ years here, too. /nt\ - Opus 33 1/3 02:42:44 01/17/17 (1)
- +2 based on your experiences with it. /nt - Biff 07:30:40 01/17/17 (0)