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Re: [OM] How I clean lens surfaces

Subject: Re: [OM] How I clean lens surfaces
From: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 14:59:28 +0200
>> >>Because of the benzine
>> and the breathing upon the glass, use it at your own risk. >>
>>
>> Sounds a bit _too_ risky; combining benzene with breathing. Benzene is a
>> known carcinogen. How about a nice micro-fiber cloth, or some ROR?
>
>PMFJI, but Matthias might have been talking about petrol/gasoline ('Benzin' in
>German) instead of benzene ('Benzol').
>I'd strongly advise against using benzene (although it is an excellent
>solvent)
>because of the known carcinogenic properties, Denton mentioned.
>There is a highly purified variant of gasoline ('Reinigungsbenzin' - 'white
>gas', as far as I remember) that might do the trick.
>Usual Disclaimers apply!
>Cheers,
>Soenke, Hamburg

You are right, Soenke. The trick of this procedure may be the simultanous
use of a polar (water) and an unpolar solvent (white gas). So there is
almost no resitance against the cleaning movement.
Matthias



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