Re: Cleaning EP's


"jerry warner" <jwarner1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark D wrote:
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>> I'd get a LensPen, if you can. Camera stores often carry them. If there
>> isn't one of these within easy driving distance, try ordering one
>> on-line. I don't clean my eyepieces very often, but when I do, the
>> LensPen works well.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> Hi Brian, The principal I don't like about the Lens Pen, is that I
>> clean one smeared, or dirty Eyepiece with it, then I'm going to use this
>> now contaminated Lens Pen again, and again on another
>> Eyepiece-Eyepieces.
>>
>> You'll find most renown "Eyepiece Junkies" won't use a lens pen.
>
> You've got that right - not in a million years.
> Jerry

There's a great product available called "OptiClean". It's basically a
liquid polymer that you paint on, let it cure and then pull it off the lens
in one piece, taking grease and dust with it. It works great on eyepieces
and I have also discovered it does an excellent job of cleaning CCDs as
well.



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