It's that 30 percent that you should be suspicious of. It could be water,
it could be spit.
end
Regards
Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
----- Original Message -----
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] Lens Cleaning solutions
> Has anybody tried the small individual alcohol swabs sold by medical
supply
> stores? They are usually 70 0sopropyl alcohol with the other 30ot
> identified. Each swab is in its own foil packet and would be handy to
carry.
> /jnm
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Garth Wood
> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 12:59 PM
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [OM] Lens Cleaning solutions
> >
> >
> > At 01:30 PM 2/4/2001 -0500, Rich (Doggre@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > >Now I just have to locate some methyl alcohol. Drug stores I've
> > checked so far don't seem to have it. The two camera stores I
> > >went to yesterday didn't have it, either. Maybe a chemical
> > supply co. will
> > >have it, surely?
> >
> > Should. Goes by various names: "methanol," "methyl alcohol,"
> > etc. Use a search engine to find other equivalents. You
> > definitely want the pure stuff -- no additives of any kind
> > (otherwise, you could just use gas-line antifreeze, which is
> > primarily methyl alcohol). You can also substitute 99%
> > isopropanol (which, in Canada anyways, is available at
> > pharmacies). The 70olution (the other 30 0s either mostly or
> > exclusively water) is sometimes called "rubbing alcohol," but I
> > don't recommend it in case some gets into the lens (though to be
> > fair, you'd have the same problem with Windex; moistening the
> > cleaning pad first and then cleaning the lens surface while
> > holding the lens upside-down is the best strategy). In any case,
> > isopropanol isn't quite as good at dissolving grease/grime as
> > methanol, but if it's all you've got, it's most likely more than
> > good enough.
> >
> > Also, I purchased some stuff called "Eclipse Optic Cleaning
> > System," which, despite its high-falutin' name, is nothing more
> > than pure methanol. This stuff's made in the USA by Photographic
> > Solutions, Inc., Buzzards Bay, MA 02532, phone number (508)
> > 759-2322. The claim to fame of this stuff is that it *is* a
> > system -- comes with special pads (called PEC*PADS) that are
> > ultra-clean (supposedly 99.999 0.000000ree of impurities). The pads
> > are probably more important than the methanol, and can be
> > purchased separately. I like the pads. PSI's methanol is
> > probably way over-priced...
> >
> > Garth
> >
> >
> > "A bad day doing photography is better
> > than a good day doing just about
> > anything else."
> >
> > The Unofficial Olympus Web Photo Gallery at:
> >
> > http://www.taiga.ca/~gallery/, or
> > http://www.enable.org/~gallery/
> >
> >
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