On 8/15/2012 11:16 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> Don't know about lenses, but virtually all glass cleaners are ammonia based.
> Try the automotive aisle, and there will be glass cleaners with other
> formulations, with other solvents. One I have used on not-lens glass was
> made by a company named Stoner. Don't know why I remembered that.
>
> When I worked for the airplane factory, I sometimes filled in for the guy
> that ran the process camera (boring work). There was a special glass cleaner
> that had an ether base. Worked great, and it wasn't what made me sleepy on
> that job.
But are contemporary coatings the same as those older ones? Just as lens
designs have changed, coatings have changed.
Why would one not use contemporary lens cleaning formulation(s) from (a) major
lens maker(s)?
Questioning Moose
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