I normally use denatured alcohol stored in an old plastic shaving lotion
bottle with a pinhole spout. Makes it easy to dispense just a little.
I used to use blue Windex but found that it often left a haze which
required scrubbing with a dry Q-tip to remove.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/15/2012 4:36 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> The Zeiss lens cleaning wipes I get at Sams and WalMart appear to simply be
> alcohol wipes as used in the medical industry.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moose
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 3:32 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM Windex
>
>
> On 8/15/2012 9:42 AM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> This really could be best answered by John Hermanson (don't have
>> his e-mail address to hand)
>> I recall he advocates using Windex? to clean camera lenses. As we are at
>> present in the States I went into a local Safeways to be confronted with
>> Windex with ammonia,Windex with fragrance, Windex surface
>> cleaner.......you get the indea.
>> What do I need. I am assuming I avoid fragrance and Amonia products like
>> the plague. thanks in advance .
>
> I don't know about a grocery store, maybe, but a big drug should have lens
> cleaner for AR coated eyeglasses.
>
> That's what I use if my Zeiss lens cleaner isn't available. But that's very
> seldom, as I bought a box of Zeiss lens
> cleaning wipes soaked with the same stuff in individual, foil packets for
> travel and the field.
>
> Spic 'N Span Moose
>
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