Needle accumulated plastic on stylus

[Motherboard1320]

any one know how to get melted plastic off the stylus that has accumulated and or melted on diamond head?

we also need to buy needles and blanks over night 911

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[boryo]

use the cleaning fluid. souri said 'leave it overnight' or 'give a lot of heat', so a few times i've tried the 2nd option. put cleaning fluid on ear cleaning stick, put the diamond on top of it and give a lot of heat. it starts smoking but also plastic gets removed. don't leave it for long, i see the wire goes red, see some smoke and turn it low. did it a few times and the stylus was clean. this is what i did and i don't encourage you because i dont know how safe it is, so do at your own risk, dont blame me after that if you destroy something

[spinnertownblanks]

Ethyl Acetate should do it, use a cotton bud. Try to avoid acetone as it can (in some cases) destroy the glue holding heating wires. A softer alternative is Isopropyl Alcohol but it depends on how the plastic is melted to the diamond.

[Discomo]

I seem to remember Souri used acetone himself for removing plastic, during a two day workshop I did many years back. I guess you’ll get the hang of it once you’ve done it a few times, but I prefer the heating option- I heat it briefly then turn off the heat and remove the crap with a cotton q tip dipped in acetone. Put the q tip on the stylus not on the windings.