Liquid stylus cleaner without solvent

whart

... I tend to use liquid stylus cleaners only sparingly anyway ...

Same here. If your records are truly clean, there's very little that can accumulate on the stylus. I'm sure that @whart  is one of the exceptions, but many audiophiles have never heard a r-e-a-l-l-y clean record.

Every liquid, even water, is a potential solvent.  Can you be more specific? "Like dissolves like", we were taught in chemistry.

@lewm- I think the concern in general terms (I can’t speak to chemistry as such) was that solvents, including alcohol, could dissolve the glue that binds the diamond to the cantilever. Ortofon in particular was a brand that warned about this at one point, but for the purposes of this post, I did not pull up their current statement on the subject.
Thus, the concern about using a liquid that might cause damage by "ungluing" the stylus from the cantilever. Others may be able to speak more knowledgeably about this than me. I have used liquids in extreme cases, where gunk got on the stylus despite deep cleaning. And I did use the Lyra liquid when I owned their cartridges because it was recommended by the cartridge manufacturer. Beyond that, I guess I’ll let others take the lead. Hope that wasn’t a blithering insight into the obvious.

I too find the Lyra cleaner quite effective.  The instructions state that the solvents in the cleaner soften the glue holding the stylus to the cantilever, so, after cleaning, one should wait something like ten seconds after cleaning before playing a record to allow the glue to harden again.

@whart is correct: Ortofon recommends using just the stylus brush, without any liquid.