Jyprez,
The MCME "foam" is actually a loose mass of thousands of microfibers. The molecule its made from, when formed this way, forms fibers with many sharp-edged rings that go around the fiber. It is these millions of sharp-edged rings that do the cleaning.
To best clean the stylus the fibers and rings must contact all surfaces of the stylus. This is best accomplished when the fibers are at their most flexible. Wetting the MCME causes the fibers to collapse into a less flexible, more tightly packed wad. This makes it harder for the fibers to flex and contact the stylus. Try it if you like, using good quality distilled as Gregm suggested, but dry works best for me.
Champtree,
That is a danger, but only if you use it improperly. NEVER scrape or pull across the stylus with it. Just dip the stylus straight onto it and lift straight back up. Some peole blu-tack a piece of MCME onto a coin. They set the coin on their platter and the dip the stylus once or twice. Quite safe if used that way.
The MCME "foam" is actually a loose mass of thousands of microfibers. The molecule its made from, when formed this way, forms fibers with many sharp-edged rings that go around the fiber. It is these millions of sharp-edged rings that do the cleaning.
To best clean the stylus the fibers and rings must contact all surfaces of the stylus. This is best accomplished when the fibers are at their most flexible. Wetting the MCME causes the fibers to collapse into a less flexible, more tightly packed wad. This makes it harder for the fibers to flex and contact the stylus. Try it if you like, using good quality distilled as Gregm suggested, but dry works best for me.
Champtree,
That is a danger, but only if you use it improperly. NEVER scrape or pull across the stylus with it. Just dip the stylus straight onto it and lift straight back up. Some peole blu-tack a piece of MCME onto a coin. They set the coin on their platter and the dip the stylus once or twice. Quite safe if used that way.