revox-b77
Super Member
So I like several others here have NOS replacement styli for a bunch of my cartridges. These styli are no longer available and very pricy when found. The rub is in many cases these styli are not going to be used for years. Many years in fact. So as we all know the suspensions dry out and the stylus may or not become junk.
I was thinking about this and the causes for rubber breakdown. Ozone eats rubber. Air may dry out some rubbers. Light exposure damages some rubber. My styli are in a fishing tackle box. That is dark so no light issues so that leaves air. Thinking about this I began to wonder if there would be a benefit in storing styli in a vacuum? Wife has a seal-a-meal. It would be pretty easy to box them so they would not get crushed and suck all of the air out.
What say ye? Could vacuum storage help in long term protection?
I was thinking about this and the causes for rubber breakdown. Ozone eats rubber. Air may dry out some rubbers. Light exposure damages some rubber. My styli are in a fishing tackle box. That is dark so no light issues so that leaves air. Thinking about this I began to wonder if there would be a benefit in storing styli in a vacuum? Wife has a seal-a-meal. It would be pretty easy to box them so they would not get crushed and suck all of the air out.
What say ye? Could vacuum storage help in long term protection?