OK, record is now clean, how about the Stylus?

Rlwainwright,
Thanks for your information it's nice to hear from someone with experience in the industry. I apologize for gonners that cannot keep themselves in lanes of civility.
I don't necessarily know which is the absolute right - nobody does (apparently some believe they do), but thanks for the info. I'm not going to go out and buy a microscope but doesn't mean the urge is not there.
Rsasso said it right - listen to the music
If technology gets in the way we're missing the point.

Sjungdahl, So what information of value was provided? Please go into detail, as I'd like hearing a logical explanation from you why this info provided seems to make total sense to you, and that you're sold on RW's thoeogy, that everybody else here is wrong, and he is right?

One thing that is very evident, neither of you have ever used a Magic Eraser, have you?

When you have, when you have conclusive results-findings, then do please come back, and give us the low down, cause I would be definitely interested to hear about them.

There's only one true way to learn, as others here have, experience. No, many didn't work at some Stereo Shop, cleaning, and examining Cartridges for others, they invested thier hard earned money, in some cases literal tens of thousands of dollars, and found out for themselves.

I suggest you find out for yourself as well, I did.
Nothing but ME, and a Stylus Brush will ever touch my Cartridges again.

There are good people here who are trying to educate-teach, but of course these people are all wrong, correct?

One has to come to thier own conclusions, and decide "What is Diamonds, and what is BS".

So if a stylus gunks up after 5-10 LPs, how does it happen? Does it keep some kind if counter, decide it's been enough plays and so allows the gunk attach? Or, does it happen little by little with each play? What makes more sense to you?

Markd51,
Thank you for making my point so obvious.
Please go on.

You may want to really read the post.
I wrote - "I don't necessarily know which is the absolute right - nobody does (apparently some believe they do), but thanks for the info."
Somehow you read - "seams to make total sense" to me

I simply thanked the gonner for his info.

Lighten up, that's the point and thank you again for giving a perfect example of, "gonners that cannot keep themselves in lanes of civility".

To Mark, this has been my experience with the Zerodust. If I lower the cartridge into the Zerodust with 2.5 gm of VTF on my Denon 103R cartridge, the whole stylus and cantilever dip into the gummy stuff; when I lift it out gently, you can see the stylus "pull away" from the cantilever slightly, and that seems to me to be "bad". If I raise the Zerodust into the stylus, I can, with a magnifier, get everything off the stylus, not touch the cantilever, and the stylus hardly budges..so in my simplistic brain, that seems safer to the cartridge. It takes a gentle touch I guess, but I haven't broken the Denon yet.