LAST???? Has anybody tried this?

Liquid is bad for the following reasons:

(1) Liquid weakens the adhesive between stylus and cantilever. (2) High-end cartridge with hollow cantilever will actually siphon the liquid into the inside of the cartridge from capillary action. (3) The evaporation eventually deposits a layer of grime on suspension elasto-meter and coil, eventually degrading the performance and accelerate the wear.

Further detail:

http://www.extremephono.com/Stylus_Cleaner.htm

I've never seen water siphon its way up a drinking straw, neither with pop, water, nor any other low viscosity fluid. I'll also add that I've never seen any fluid siphon its way up any cylinder (such as a hollow cantilever) on the outside surface, especially with a low viscosity fluid, even when viewed under a mid to high powered microscope.

I've used liquid stylus cleaners since the 1970's and haven't encountered any sonic denegration, nor accelerated wear on the various high quality cartridges that I've owned throughout that time.

Liquid stylus cleaners work very well, properly used.

Having had the same experience, even a little longer, I fully agree with jacks' findings.

Agree with Jack and Detlof

Depending upon the cantilever size, this "siphoning" effect (technically known as capillarity) is a real physical phenomenon, relating to the surface tension of the fluid vs. the tube size. I do not know if this will cause a problem with these products attacking the cartridge, but small diameter tubes (capillaries) will definately draw a liquid up them (sorry, its too late to figure out a better way to write that sentence). You don't see it much in a straw due to its large diameter, but it can be significant for small diameter tubes.