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Subject: [OM] damaged focusing screen
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:23:23 -0700
I'd really like to know what sort of soap you used. Ordinary hand soap
should not damage an OM focusing screen. It sounds as if there were a
chemical reaction with the soap.

I don't know if the screens are polystyrene. But polystyrene -- the same
plastic used for CD jewel cases -- is readily attacked by orange oil and
similar solvents.

I clean my screens with Dawn. You simply wet the screen and rub the liquid
over it with your fingers. I've never had a problem. After thoroughly
rinsing the screen, hit it with canned air to blow away the water.


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