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In Reply to: RE: Magic Eraser could easily catch the stylus and break it off, I would think, it's tighter pores than a sponge, posted by oldmkvi on October 23, 2014 at 10:33:58
I cut a small square, very thin then, using the tonearm lift, I lower the stylus onto the magic eraser a few times.
I don't see how this could harm the stylus. If the stylus gets stuck in the magic eraser it will just pick it up.
It's just a small, thin square and it doesn't weigh anything.
Sorry for butting in but every time I read a post where someone's worried about hurting their stylus with the magic eraser, I can't help but think that they're using it wrong.
Tre'
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I've been using it for years, without incident. Some care required, not to be done in a hurry, but no problem under those circumstances.
Dave
Clarify.
You don't hold the piece of eraser down? Where's the friction, the cleaning action?
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Cut a piece of Magic Eraser about the size of a postage stamp and about an eighth of an inch thick or less with a razor knife. Lay it flat on the TT platter. Use the cuing lever to lower the stylus onto the Magic Eraser square and then raise it up. Repeat 2-4 times and finish with a few gentle strokes of a decent stylus brush. The cleaning friction is provided by the micro-fiber of the ME and the tracking force. I have been doing this for several years without incident and the stylus of my Sumiko Blackbird remains super clean and the bird sounds great.
A friend brought over his VDH MC10 that wasn't sounding right to him (he had mounted a different cartridge in the mean time) for me to have a look at with my microscope.
It had some kind of yellow stuff baked of the diamond.
He claims that the foam wall insulation was out gassing. I have no idea about all that but there was this yellow stuff stuck on the diamond!!!???
He had been tracking his record grooves with the yellow stuff, the diamond would not have been even getting to the vinyl there was such a large build up.
Cleaning with Signet SK-301 stylus cleaner very aggressively several times did not remove all of the yellow stuff. It was baked on good and very stubborn.
3 or 4 dips in the ME and it was gone, leaving the diamond perfectly clean.
The magic eraser, used the way you describe, IS magic.
Tre'
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