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Partial Solution with LAST stylus brush

Once again I had a spontaneous skip on an old favorite record. I tried applying a Last stylus cleaning brush to the bad track. This is an extremely stiff brush with bristles about 1 mm long. I put a lot of pressure on the brush head as the record spun and, lo, the skip was fixed! I was so happy. Clearly something had been stuck to the groove (perhaps record release agent that bubbled to the surface as one of you suggested); but the stylus brush cleaned it out. There was a faint "pop" where the skip had been.

(Just reread my initial post and realized I have already used the stylus brush with success. I certainly recommend a try with this brush for anyone having a skipping problem on any record that appears to be pristine.)

Filled with confidence I decided to try the expensive audiophile record that had developed a skip, Dire Straits "Money for Nothing." Sad to say, no matter how hard I pressed the stylus brush on the bad track the skip remained. Sigh.

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