How to apply LP9 stylus cleaner?

I think I like the ease of that method a bit more than mine and will give it a whirl. Albert, you see any problems with introdcuing "boogers" into the fluid by dipping the brush?

Probably would if you failed to clean the brush after each use.

I keep my brush on a glass shelf under my TT and if there’s dust accumulated since last use, I blow it off with the Dust-Off ® can.

A word of caution, some “dusters” contain ether and are flammable. These are typically cheaper products sold at computer stores.

DustGun 100 by Besseler, and Falcon Dust-Off ® are equal products and the best available, in my opinion.

Someone on Audio Asylum e-mailed Record Research about the stiff brush: it's intended to get gross contaminants or dust bunnies off the stylus BEFORE using the actual LP9 with soft brush.

Personally, the short bristles of the stiff brush scare me a bit and I've been afraid of raking the plastic of the brush against the stylus, so I use a Discwasher stylus brush which has much longer bristles, though seemingly as stiff.

Hello gang,

The stiff brush was included after the Distributor, Musical Surroundings, had several customers mention that while they loved the product, they were more comfortable using the larger shorter bristle brushes that had been used in the past. Having been in this hobby for over 30 years, I know how some old habits are hard to change. This said, Garth Leerer and I decided to add the dry brush to the LP#9 package, to make it more accomodating. I will add that these are the same brushes that Musical Surroundings supplies with the purchase of any new Benz cartridge, therefore, it's a brush that has been used by Musical Surroundings in the past and has proven to be suitable.

The dry brush is supplied to give the customer the choice of which brush best suits them.

I should add that anyone considering moving the contents of LP#9 into another storage vessel, should make sure that they use either a glass bottle or a LDPE or HDPE bottle only. Do not pour the contents into a PET bottle as the cleaner will leach a minute portion of the polymers from the bottle which will ruin the stylus cleaner and may place unwanted contaminates onto the stylus.

Kind regards,
Brian Weitzel
Record Research Labs

Brian, my container is a LDPE (Low-Density Polyethylene) and I guess I should have mentioned that fact. Since you supplied my container I never concerned myself with the dangers of accidentally using PTE (Polyethylene Terephthalate).

Typically PTE is used to contain bottled water and such and is seldom in packages of the size I mentioned.

Still, It would help those wanting to use my “wasteful” stylus cleaning method by advising them as to where they may purchase Record Research “approved“ containers.

Do you offer these for sale?