CJSF said:on to the next post for text and pic . . . !!!
Mirren Boy said:I use a stylus liquid cleaner with a brush the dealer I use recommended to use it after a couple of albums have been played. Works for me. The gum seems an interesting alternative. Had a terrible accident back in March. Went to clean the stylus while the tone arm was not locked down resulting in the tone arm bouncing across an LP. Result the diamond tip came off.
chebby said:I always made sure the arm cueing platform was raised and the stylus brushed (back to front) gently from underneath. That way, if I exerted too much pressure, the cartridge & arm were free to move upwards. (The raised cueing platform would ensure the stylus couldn't hit the deck if I'd fumbled it.)
chebby said:I never used stylus cleaning fluids either*. The stuff has a habit of creeping up the inside of cantilevers and causing corrosion and/or messing with any adhesive it comes into contact with.)
floyd droid said:I can never get my head around that one. How can a fluid travel up hill ?.
floyd droid said:chebby said:I always made sure the arm cueing platform was raised and the stylus brushed (back to front) gently from underneath. That way, if I exerted too much pressure, the cartridge & arm were free to move upwards. (The raised cueing platform would ensure the stylus couldn't hit the deck if I'd fumbled it.)
Thats how i go about it, common sense really
chebby said:I never used stylus cleaning fluids either*. The stuff has a habit of creeping up the inside of cantilevers and causing corrosion and/or messing with any adhesive it comes into contact with.)
I can never get my head around that one. How can a fluid travel up hill ?.
floyd droid said:I know what that is but sorry i still dont buy it. Well unless the fluid is daubed on all over the cantilever with a 4" paint brush. Not having a dig at you Chebby but ive seen that posted so many times on different forums and it always gets me thinking 'bloody hell exactly how are these people applying the fluid , and how much of it '.
floyd droid said:CJ. I'm aware of all of this but as i said, how much fluid do folks use. The stylus is microns in size so you only need a teeny amount of fluid. Also the vast majority of stylus cleaning fluids contain isoprope which evapourates in seconds. Oh i dunno maybe its me.
CJSF said:and according to Dominic the amount of cleaning fluid used by some people!
oldric_naubhoff said:what capillary attraction? with respect to a cantilever? why don't you make a simple experiment. stick a piece of wire in a glass of water for a few days and see how much it got wet above the surface of the water. in order to the capillary attraction to be efficient the body needs to porous. and I think a cantilever is anything but porous.
also, I think most people forget that more threat to iron parts cause the surrounding air itself rather that some needle cleaners. what about water in the air? what about oxidisation?
I use an Audio Technica fluid. it's applied with a nail-polish-type brush. I can't see how you can overdo with such a tiny tool. and the fluid does a great job too. besides I can't think how you can clean anything without using a solvent?
floyd droid said:Surprised that you havnt heard about these little badgers CJ..
Simply lower your stylus onto the blob of sticky goo. Takes the shaking hand out of the equation ,lol.
floyd droid said:Surprised that you havnt heard about these little badgers CJ..
Simply lower your stylus onto the blob of sticky goo. Takes the shaking hand out of the equation ,lol.
ifor said:What's the top one?
CJSF said:the gum might be superior, although one has to trust the sticky nature of the gum????
oldric_naubhoff said:what capillary attraction? with respect to a cantilever? why don't you make a simple experiment. stick a piece of wire in a glass of water for a few days and see how much it got wet above the surface of the water. in order to the capillary attraction to be efficient the body needs to porous. and I think a cantilever is anything but porous.
floyd droid said:oldric_naubhoff said:what capillary attraction? with respect to a cantilever? why don't you make a simple experiment. stick a piece of wire in a glass of water for a few days and see how much it got wet above the surface of the water. in order to the capillary attraction to be efficient the body needs to porous. and I think a cantilever is anything but porous.
Be careful here oldric or you could end up in the same bucket as me ,lol.
Far too much scaremongering touted around with this vinyl mullarky. Have you ever heard of someones cantilever dropping off, except when its been bounced ?. Nah me neither .