I agree with your statement .... I use paper towels, not any paper towels,
but only Bounty. It's a softer type of paper towel, not the harsh cheap stuff
and it works perfectly. I have used it for years on lenses and glasses and
have never scratched anything with it. trick is to keep it well moistened
with your favorite cleaner and not use any pressure when cleaning the glass.
On Thu, 06 May 2004 17:39:06 -0600, Garth Wood wrote
> On Thu, 6 May 2004 jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > > What do you think is the *best* way to clean grease and general grime
that
> > > a soft brush will not remove from the glass of lenses and filters.
> > > I have tried the usual bottle of lens cleaning solution only to find it
> > > leaves streaks
>
> Start low-impact. I'm going to spout heresy for a second, but I
> don't care.
>
> Start by using toilet paper or facial tissue that is *not*
> impregnated with hand lotion or moisturizer of any kind (here in
> North America, we have several brands that have lotion-impregnated
> options; my Mom can never understand why her glasses are so greasy
> all the time after she cleans 'em with these products... ;-) ).
>
> Properly (and sparingly) used, toilet paper or its ilk WILL NOT
> scratch the surface of your lens or the coatings. It is highly
> absorbent, and does have just enough "tooth" to it to remove gunk.
> Use your breath to fog the lens, and try several attempts with
> toilet paper. DO NOT move to more "aggressive" solvents until
> you've given this a try. I've given up on much more expensive (and
> not readily available) products such as lint-free "optical" cloths,
> which aren't particularly absorbent or able to trap gunk, and seem
> to just smear the stuff around on the lens. Anybody wanna buy some
> PEC pads off of me? Hell, I'll even give 'em away -- that's how
> worthless I think they are, though I paid a pretty penny for these
> "optical, lint-free" cloths.
>
> I just used this method (toilet paper) today, on the front objective
> of my Minolta DiMAGE A1, to clean off some accumulated gunk from a recent
> vacation. Worked wonders -- though it leaves a lot of little bits
> behind. You'll have to remove those with canned air. Crystal clean
> now, and sealed behind a filter. Shouldn't need to clean it again
> for, oh, a year or so.
>
> I've tried microfiber alternatives, too. Microfibres are *highly*
> overrated, in my not-so-humble opinion. The beauty of toilet paper
> is its available in every hotel room across most of the civilized
> world, and in many public restrooms, too.
>
> By the by, an editor of a well-known photography magazine also recommended
> toilet paper a few years ago, to the howls of outrage from many long-
> time readers. That suggestion saved me about six hundred dollars
> when I had to rescue a bunch of 55mm filters that had just started
> showing fungal bloom. Used Windex and toilet paper -- they're all
> pristine now.
>
> Garth
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