JBONE777 Report post Posted September 22, 2006 i have 15x minox and i usually use spit and the sleeve of my shirt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JACK Report post Posted September 22, 2006 20 GRIT SAND PAPER SEEMS TO DO THE TRICK! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnFriddle Report post Posted September 22, 2006 Yeah... the deeper the scratches then more surface area on the lens... Better light gathering right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunt4horns Report post Posted September 22, 2006 YES it is the Ziess ............ It took that green film off of my lense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hime Report post Posted September 27, 2006 Thought I might add my 2 cents. I work in a fairly high tech lab that specializes in IR optics. Here is our cleaning procedures for most of the coated optics I deal with. 1. Blow off surface with low pressure air. 2. Gently use brush to loosen large (this is relative - pretty much anything you can see with naked eye) debris. Discard brush after more than five passes. 3. Use lens tissue with DI water to remove smudges. a) Fold lens in half and then in half again to quater it. Apply small amount of DI water. c) Using as little pressure as possible, wipe optic in one direction, either left to right or top to bottom. Make only one pass. d) Use a different quater of tissue and wipe in same direction. e) Repeat step d with the other two quaters of lens tissue. 4. If needed repeate step 3 using denature alcohol or ethyl alcohol. The important thing to remember is not to re-use anything that might have dust or contamination on it. When wiping, only go in one direction and only make one pass with the same surface of cleaning material. This might be a little overboard for most binoculars, but I have found it works well for mine. I have a pair of Eagle Optics and Swaros and take every precaution for the Swaros. Hope this helps. JDH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
