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Stylus stuck in groove

Has anybody come up with a technique for dealing with the annoyance of a stylus stuck in a groove, even on an immaculately clean record?  I used to in my “yute” examine the record under a light and pick the offending speck out with a toothpick.  My eyes aren’t that good anymore.  I try washing or even soaking the offending record using the VIP cleaning machine mostly to no avail.  How does it even happen?
One day the disc is perfectly clean and next the sticking occurs.
 It’s a mystery.
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mijostyn
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1+ Justmetoo You learn something everyday. Plain Tightbond (not Tightbond 3!) will not stick to vinyl. It will peel right off taking everything with it. I'm going to try it on an old record, but I only have Tightbond 3 in the shop which polymerizes and might stick so I will have to go out and get some plain Tightbond. I think Elmer's will work also. Brilliant!
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It would be debris in the sleeves. Very possible. I have had it happen with new records.
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!= cd318 If you watch where it is skipping you can usually find the culprit and scrape it off with a fingernail. Something falls on the record and you put it back in the cover, then into the collection where it sits under slight pressure for years until you play it again. Stuck good. 
If you let it skip too long the stylus will wear a door into the last groove and the skip will be permanent. I do have very strong loops but I never seem to need them for this. 
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