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Does a neat job and solves one of the biggest bains of my long LP playing life, how to get rid of that one fine hair that always seems to fold itself around the stylus no matter how clean the LP. You know the one, you can't shift it with a brush or bristle because they need to be dragged in the direction its folded. With this stuff, it just stays stuck to the goop.
It's not going to fix a stylus where stuff has basically become glued to the diamond or cantilever, they're going to need more drastic treatment. But for everything else, it's a neat solution to a difficult problem.
A word of warning, if you're going to try and clean a stylus using a fluid, make sure it doesn't contain alcohol or isopropyl alcohol because they can creep up the cantilever by capillary action and rot the suspension, even dissolve/weaken the adhesive used to attach the diamond to the cantilever. At least that's what Otofon say.
UPDATE:
Just been playing something and noticed significant distortion. Peered at the stylus, thought that looks dirty. Gave it a clean, tried again. Still distorted. Got my SLR out with macro lens and took photos. Looked like the stylus was coated in 'stuff' some of was very dark. Not like the normal light coloured 'crust' you get on a stylus. So took a dry brush to it and most came away. Decided I'd got no choice and went at it with a wet brush. Perfectly clean stylus.
It looks (to me) as if the surface of the gunk has started break down. I've been using it for a few months and have wiped it clean twice using cold water, then left to air dry. So I don't think I've been abusing it. So perhaps approach with caution and keep an eye on your stylus. Downgraded to 3 stars.
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When CD's arrived in the 1980's , I got rid of all my Vinyl Records which I now regret bitterly. So now in December 2018, in spite of having many 100's of CD's which i love, I have gone mad again and bought a new Rega Planar P2 Turntable and a handful of Vinyl LP’s, I remember that in the 80’s, cleaning a very delicate and expensive stylus was always a very tricky procedure, so when I saw this new technology involving a pot of gel to clean my stylus, I was sceptical at first but have now bought a pot of Dust Buster.
I have to say that I think that the Vinyl Passion Dust Buster is a great innovation that does a great job in cleaning the stylus and is very efficient at removing fine particles of dust from the stylus tip, unlike other methods of cleaning. The one slight criticism I have is that the instructions say the ‘pot of gel should be at the same height as the record’. This can’t be achieved on the Rega Planar 2 because the platter is too high and the plinth is too low for the stylus to be laid onto the gel without doing some ‘creative engineering’ first. My solution is to Blue-tack the Gel Pot onto a stack of ten 25mm dia. washers which have been super-glued together. By doing this the Gel will be at the same height as a record on the platter of the Rega Planar P2. Other Turntables will need more or less washers to achieve the right height of the Gel Pot.
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THE DUST BUSTER DOES BUST DUST
By Steve Clarke on 20 December 2018
THE VINYL PASSION DUST BUSTERBy Steve Clarke on 20 December 2018
When CD's arrived in the 1980's , I got rid of all my Vinyl Records which I now regret bitterly. So now in December 2018, in spite of having many 100's of CD's which i love, I have gone mad again and bought a new Rega Planar P2 Turntable and a handful of Vinyl LP’s, I remember that in the 80’s, cleaning a very delicate and expensive stylus was always a very tricky procedure, so when I saw this new technology involving a pot of gel to clean my stylus, I was sceptical at first but have now bought a pot of Dust Buster.
I have to say that I think that the Vinyl Passion Dust Buster is a great innovation that does a great job in cleaning the stylus and is very efficient at removing fine particles of dust from the stylus tip, unlike other methods of cleaning. The one slight criticism I have is that the instructions say the ‘pot of gel should be at the same height as the record’. This can’t be achieved on the Rega Planar 2 because the platter is too high and the plinth is too low for the stylus to be laid onto the gel without doing some ‘creative engineering’ first. My solution is to Blue-tack the Gel Pot onto a stack of ten 25mm dia. washers which have been super-glued together. By doing this the Gel will be at the same height as a record on the platter of the Rega Planar P2. Other Turntables will need more or less washers to achieve the right height of the Gel Pot.
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