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Re: [OM] Survey says...Was: Best way to clean OM-1N mirror

Subject: Re: [OM] Survey says...Was: Best way to clean OM-1N mirror
From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:33:35 -0400
Cc: "Gary M. Teller" <gmteller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gary,

Your summary misses the mark.

Don't clean it if it's already clean.  Use the least invasive method possible.  
If you can use a lens brush to wisk away one or two
pieces of dust, you want to stop there if possible.

A bathroom mirror can be "cleaned" with a newspaper because you're cleaning the 
glass in front of the reflecting surface.  Your
camera's mirror is not like that.  You now have a healthy respect for how a 
first-surface mirror is different from a rear-surface
mirror.  Now it's clear that wiping it with folded paper, or poking at it with 
folded paper is not a good idea.

Did you know that using paper products (like Kleenex, paper towels and toilet 
paper) are not recommened even for eyeglasses because
the paper fibers scratch?  They're all made from wood fibers.  This means you 
don't use toilet paper.

Did you know that rubbing alcohol contains an oil, because it's intended for 
massage?  That's why it's called "rubbing alcohol".

I hope you are not going to use a democratic process to select which technique 
you use.  :)

In case it got lost amid the "noise", there was one answer from a guy who's 
been repairing cameras for a few decades.  This is based
on professional training, grounded in wisdom.  Here is John's professional 
method:


>>>>>>>>
I use denatured alcohol and 1/3rd of a kimwipe wrapped around a chopstick
that has the end ground down to the shape of a  screwdriver tip.  Standard
equipment.  It was the first thing they taught new technician trainees
at..................Nikon.   They had out a bunch of chopsticks, you make
and eyepiece cleaning tool that you end up using on every camera you work
on. Tip wears down, regrind it a little.
_________________________________
John Hermanson  www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
>>>>>>>>


Your summary stopped at 8.  Maybe the most valuable one is #9.


As Neil Young said,
"Take my advice: don't listen to me."


Lama, #10


From: Gary M. Teller
Thanks.  Eight unique solutions were posted...see below...HEAVILY edited. I 
don't know that we need to continue the thread.  I
certainly have a dilemma in that I only have one mirror to work on.


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