Stylus Cleaning Rituals


Did a search on the subject, nothing found.
So, please, briefly describe your Stylist / Needle Cleaning Rituals.
How often (in hours played?)
Procedure used.
Products used.

For me over the years (~45 and counting) I use Disc Doctor Stylus Cleaner on a Disc Doctor 'Pad' and pull it across the diamond outward (only one direction).  As it 'sees' the record when playing. 
I follow up with two 'placements' on a Zerodust Onzow 'gel type convex pad'  I clean it ~6 months with hot water, there is spots of gunk on the clear gel pad!
About once every 5-6 hours of play.

Seems to be doing the trick, but you never know if your are missing something critical or doing untold damage.

Thanks!
quincy

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Slylast is supposed to extend stylus life x10.
I always use it. Almost ready to break into the second bottle from 30 years ago.
Since iLast Co. was founded in ’79 MC must have been a beta tester. My routine for my zerostat is occasional use for my burr coffee grinder. I use a Furutech destat for vinyl.
As far as stylus cleaning nowadaze just ’drop’ it on a magic sponge.