Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus

Thank you
I did the Target run this morning and bought a pack of the ME sheets for a whopping $2.99!


Placed one on the platter and lowered and raised the stylus into it several times moving it slightly after one action each time so it dropped onto a different spot on the ME.
As it was being raised each time I could see the stylus lifting up the ME ever so slightly ( maybe 2mm?) but I do not see any issue with that.

I think will use in conjunction with the Onzow ( for dust) and Lyra STP as a routine.

@terry9 : US coins are not magnetic! They are mostly copper/zinc with a thin silver cladding. Nickels are the same with a nickel cladding. Avoid the '43 steel pennies!

The last issue of 90% silver in US coins was in '64. And one wonders why things cost so much nowadays! 

I think you'd better turn in your audiophile credentials, Rob. Without theatre and extravagance, where would this hobby be?

The purpose of a small weight is to positively decouple the ME from the stylus when the stylus is raised by the cuing lever.

Don't forget to brush the stylus afterwards. Tiny shards of hard plastic may break off the ME and adhere to the stylus or cantilever, and play havoc with the next record. Definitely not a problem if you remember to use a brush with long, soft bristles.

I think using a gold coin is a great idea because we all know that the more it costs the better it works.

But on a serious note and getting back to my earlier point in this thread I am in the other camp on weighing  down the Magic Eraser. If on occasion the friction between the stylus and the Magic Eraser is great enough to potentially lift up the Eraser a bit I would rather have the Eraser lift then have it be completely stationary and the full force of overcoming the friction is handled by the cantilever. Now if someone were arguing that the fact that the Magic Eraser is weighed down solidly actually reduces the amount of friction needed to pull it loose that would be another matter. But I kind of doubt that's true. So I am leaning toward using a smaller piece of Magic Eraser and if it lifts up a little bit that might be a good thing to jostle it loose without putting the full force needed to release the stylus on the cantilever. My thinking is that if the Eraser tilts just a few degrees as it lifts up that may be helpful in releasing it from the stylus. This part is pure conjecture. But I think it is safe to say that anchoring the Magic Eraser down could potentially increase the forces that are put on the stylus in case the stylus catches.

As always I look forward to any other opinions!