Ultrasonic Stylus Cleaning

[Soniclife]

You did this while the stylus was attached to the motor?

i.e. you didn't remove it?

Yes, I use it (dry) with my MC, put the device on the platter, lower the cart onto it. I use it when it sounds like there is something the brush isn't shifting, it seems to work. I've never bothered with the fluid once it ran out sometime in the late 80s, seems to work as well without.

 

[Count Arthur]

You did this while the stylus was attached to the motor?

i.e. you didn't remove it?

Yes, I would turn it on, then put it on turntable platter and lower the arm and stylus onto it using the "cueing arm?" - the little lever that raises and lowers the tonearm.

It came with a small bottle of fluid, but when that ran out, I just used isopropyl alcohol, which I had for cleaning the heads and rollers in my cassette deck.

I wouldn't use it before every LP, just occasionally. I didn't buy used LPs and would clean each LP with a brush for a few rotations before playing, so I didn't get a massive build up of fluff on the stylus anyway.