Ditto for catcher10. I would not recommend "scrubbing", or any horizontal movement of the stylus, while it is in contact with ME. Up and down only. I happen to own a lab grade microscope, and I inspected a few styli before and after ME, using only up and down contact. It works. Someone recently informed me privately that Peter Ledermann frowns upon ME because he has seen some styli that have acquired shmutz from the ME, thereby causing aberrant wear and audio distortions. I would be interested to know how ME was used in those cases, but I do take PL seriously.