Grindhouse80
New Member
I've been using it every time after playing a record. Im thinking that's excessive. How often do u guys use it? I lower my cue onto it two or three times. I want my ortofon 2m blue to last cause they're not exactly cheap.
Magic Eraser - How often do you use it on your records?
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tnsilver
Stereo Puppy
It works, there's no argument from me about that - but it's risky, so the more you do it, the more you're pushing your luck. I have yet to find a better method for detaching the odd microscopic fiber thread, which occasionally gets twisted around the shank. Nevertheless, I've minimized the use of magic eraser to once in a blue moon when there's absolutely no other way. Just a dab or two is good for getting the gunk and fiber destabilized enough to get completely rid of with a stylus brush, but I'd rather take my time with the brush to begin with. What I've found out and verified with a microscope, is that the more I stick to using the stylus brush (like once per LP side), the less I even have to consider magic eraser.
MRL_Audio
RIP 2022
Never... on LP's. Never on my stylus. I use things designed for the task by a manufacturer that tested their product for the intended purpose. As tnsilver indicated, risky. I don't clean my LP's with wood glue either.
I've used ME by dropping the stylus tip into it a few times before I start listening in the mornings. Perhaps every five-to-eight records I'll do it again. I use the soft brush every two or three records. I know there is trepidation among some about using ME but I've never had an issue and I've never heard of anyone having an issue using ME. I'll continue to use it but then again I don't use big dollar MC carts, so my replacement costs for MM styli aren't too high.
Safer (IMO) and washable. I have been using the same package for years and finally up to my last piece.
https://www.guitarcenter.com/RTOM/Moongel-Percussion-Dampening-Gels.gc
Just (VERY) gently drop stylus on it prior to playing or better yet after if you see any debris. That and a stylus brush is all I use FWIW.
Coolhandjjl
Embiggened Pompatus
ME is safe as long as you don’t drag the stylus through it. Down and up. That’s all.
I inspect the stylus before every listening session and that determines what I use to clean it. Most of the time only a light swipe of a stylus brush is necessary. At other times another method is called for. I have (and have used) ME, MoonGel, Blu-Tac, and AT liquid. I pretty much have settled on a quick dip (or at the most two) into the ME followed by a light swipe with a stylus brush works best. But I only play clean LP's.
Never encountered any problems using this method.
Never encountered any problems using this method.
Mystic
We're all born mad
I haven't used it in a long time - don't often spin vinly these days. but when I did, I'd say I used it around every 15-20.
I used Moongel on my drum heads and cymbals and in time it turns to sticky slimy mush, no way I'm using that on my stylus. I use a brush before each record and ME after 6 or so, no problems.
My experience over the past 5 years or so is that it's safe dragging the stylus through it, too.
AvFan
Super Member
I've used ME sparingly to clean a stylus and I think it works but I've switched over to DAP Blue Stik as recommended by Soundsmith. I use the cue to lower the stylus into the Blue Stick four or five times every few records. Most importantly, I try to start with clean records.
I just looked up the DAP Blue Stik on DAP's website, and in one of the comments a person said she used it to tack some of her child's art up on the walls, and after it was removed the wall has round, oily residue marks where the DAP was used.
I don't believe I'd want that on my stylus.
https://www.dap.com/products-projects/product-categories/adhesives/glues-epoxies/blue-stik/
Doug G.
Lunatic Member
I don't use an ME or any thing like that, just a Discwasher stylus brush, but if any cleaning method is a danger for removing the diamond from the cantilever, I think there is a much bigger problem with the stylus rather than with the cleaning method.
How do you think that diamond is going to stay on there, being vibrated fairly violently and dragged along the groove, as it plays a record?
Doug
How do you think that diamond is going to stay on there, being vibrated fairly violently and dragged along the groove, as it plays a record?
Doug
Condorsat
Audio Enthusiast
Once every 6 to 12 months. That's been my routine for the last 10+ years. I lower the stylus using the cue lever onto ME as well.
Day to day .. I use a stylus brush (dry) every four record sides.
Side note: I use a record vacuum regularly .. so my records are never that dusty to begin with.
Day to day .. I use a stylus brush (dry) every four record sides.
Side note: I use a record vacuum regularly .. so my records are never that dusty to begin with.
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