Re: Bug Spray Vs. Optics - dissolves coatings

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:57:20 -0700, David Weinshenker
<daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Also, though it may not damage coatings on glass, if applied in spray
form it could contaminate nearby optics with traces of aerosol mist
which could leave a film on the surface..

Yeah, it's something to keep away from optics. And the film itself is
oily, which could cause long term erosion of coatings (the problem is
that when you're someplace where you need to use DEET, you may not have
a very good way to clean oily films from optics). Also, the DEET could
cause damage to plastic around the optics that would then migrate out
onto the glass.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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