The tissue used may not matter as much as the fact that it's got to be done
soaking wet with a mild solvent like denatured alcohol. Too much pressure
will take the silvering right off the glass or atleast leave fine lines.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "k.matsumoto" <GHA02260@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Cleaning a mirror
| What do you think about micro-fibre lens cleaning cloths? Is it
| suitable for wiping mirrors? I haven't used lens cleaning tissues
| since I bought a "Toray-see" cloth for my spectacles.
|
| Thanks in advance,
| kazuya matsumoto
|
| > I use lens tissue wrapped around a chop stick that has ends ground down
like
| > a screwdriver. Saturate tissue with denatured alcohol. If there is one
bid
| > blob (like old mirror bumper) try to scoop it all up with one forward
| > motion. Discard, start with new tissue. Wiping more than once with a
| > tissue on the first swipe will only smear the mess around.
| > Repeat 15-20 times and the mirrors clean! :-)
| >
| > John Hermanson
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