Volgens Van den Hul:
49 Q: How do I clean my cartridge ? A: Normally you do not need to clean your cartridge. When you keep your records clean you don’t need any stylus cleaning. When records are greasy or covered with dust, you will collect dust. Move a very soft brush along the stylus, always from the rear of the cartridge to the front. When there is sturdy and sticky grease on your stylus, use a very soft brush dipped in alcohol and make the same movements (also see 50). A carbon-hair brush will have the same effect. Don’t use knifes or screwdrivers. They damage the cantilever caused by uncontrolled movements. (Also see 5, 6, 25, 31 and 106).
50 Q: Every once in a while my stylus comes off and I have to have my cartridge repaired again. I don’t do anything wrong and the retippings also can’t be blamed. Do you have any clue what the cause of this might be ? A: Your bottle of stylus cleaning liquid probably has become contaminated with oil. Due to the cleaning brush’s repeated movements between the stylus, cantilever etc. and the bottle, the cleaning liquid can become contaminated with oil. This because the dirt collected at your stylus often also contains residue from the oil or wax used to release the records during pressing. Especially old/often used cleaning liquid bottles may have become contaminated and using such liquid will leave an oily residue at the stylus after having evaporated. Such oily residue e.g. may after months cause the stylus to come off by weakening the special glue that fixes it to the cantilever or may creep along the cantilever and finally reach and attack the suspension rubber(s). To check whether your cleaning liquid is not contaminated by oil and still safe to use, just put a drop on a mirror and let it evaporate. There should remain no residue. To avoid your cleaning liquid to become contaminated it is good practice to always wipe your cleaning brush dry on a piece of absorbing paper before reinserting it into the bottle.
