[rollei_list] Re: Cleaning Rolleinars and filters
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:54:57 -0800
I would not use microfiber cloth designed to clean your car. The oil in nail
polish is probably in the non-acetone version. I do not believe oil would
mix with acetone.
You should have tried some windex on your binos. :-)
Peter K
On 1/22/06, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> At 11:39 AM 1/22/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>
> OK Roger,
> Not sure about Gin. Grain alcohol is different from Gin, (bear in mind I
> am not an expert on Gin). If you cannot get them clean here is a suggestion.
> Use Q-tips and some acetone. If you cannot get pure acetone use your wife's
> nail polish remover but make sure it is acetone based. This will leave some
> residue but will remove oil, dirt, and anything else on the lens but will
> not harm the coatings. DO NOT get the acetone on any painted surfaces. It
> will will remove paint.
>
>
> As someone exposed to that stuff every couple of days, I think that
> current versions of nail polish remover "feature" oil, to leave your nails
> nice and flexible.
>
> To remove the remaining residue, use a microfiber lens cleaning cloth. If
> the residue is stubborn, then use a tiny amount of windex to remove it along
> with the cloth. I am sure RUGers will tell me I am wrong for some reason to
> suggest windex. But it works for me. I even use my breath by exhaling on the
> lens to get a light moisture on it to remove the residue and ten wipe it off
> with a microfiber cloth. Again, this will not be accepted by the purists but
> does work for me.
>
>
> I bought one of those special lens cleaning pens with some sort of
> cleaning end and a brush end. Just yesterday I bought some "microfiber"
> cloths at CostCo for my car.
>
> Maybe they would be good for lenses, at least when I open my 60-year Nikon
> (Nippon Kogaku) binoculars to clear up the haze that's developed in just the
> past 6 months. (I had them cleaned by a binocular dealer a few years back
> and they didn't get the right screws in the right places, wrong length
> screws in the wrong places, etc.), and Nikon doesn't respond to inquiries
> about refurbishing them. The rubber seals are a bit "tacky", gummy, that is
> and it would be nice to have them all replaced.
>
> The binocilars actually do have coated lenses, date from 1954, and are a
> carbon copy of the ones we used on my ship, in fact I used them on the ship
> because they were in better condition than the navy-issue B&L 7X50's.
>
> DAW
>
>
> Peter K
>
>
> Don Williams
> La Jolla, CA
>
>
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Peter K
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