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    Quote Originally Posted by Spider View Post
    The sponge
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spider View Post
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    Zerodust is the one. I also use the ''green paper'' every 4-5 albums, just gently to get off any stubborn gunk.

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    I thinks it's a magic eraser pad for me!

    thanks to everyone for their reply's - seriously good and most welcome advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hagzo View Post
    I thinks it's a magic eraser pad for me!

    thanks to everyone for their reply's - seriously good and most welcome advice.
    To be safe, use it by lowering the tonearm onto the pad, up and down, rather than dragging the pad across the stylus. Whilst I didn't have problems, I was using a spherical stylus at the time, line contact stylii for example could shear off.
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    For no particular reason I tend to alternate between the ubiquitous Green paper, an AT vibrating cleaner & sometimes the Onzow zerodust gel pot.
    Currently thinking about getting a proper vacuum RCM as well. Even some of the brand new LP's I buy look like they could benefit from a proper clean.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manicatel View Post
    For no particular reason I tend to alternate between the ubiquitous Green paper, an AT vibrating cleaner & sometimes the Onzow zerodust gel pot.
    Currently thinking about getting a proper vacuum RCM as well. Even some of the brand new LP's I buy look like they could benefit from a proper clean.
    An RCM is well worth having, especially if you have more than say 200 LPs in your collection. Even brand new LPs benefit from cleaning, if only to remove excess stamper release agent.

    As regards stylus cleaning, I use a Goldring electronic cleaner with a carbon-fibre bristle pad.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    An RCM is well worth having
    Stylus cleaning becomes much less of an issue, the cleaner your records are.
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