Cleaning Optics

[GameHauler]

It does not matter if you have $100.00 or thousands of dollars wrapped up in your optics,

They have to be cleaned of the dust and such.

 

What are you folks doing both in the field and at home after a trip?

 

I have things I do but wanted to get more input for me and the guys that are looking at dumping some change into new glass for upcoming hunts.

[DesertBull]

I clean them under the faucet at home and then blow the water off with compressed air. Put a little dab of oil on the hinge after it dries. In the field, I have a brush with squeeze bulb on the end that I can remove dust off the lens.

 

I never wipe the lens with tissue in the field. Too much dust on the glass, most of which you cannot see and will eventually wear through the coatings.

[ajohunter]

I carry a swarovski cleaning kit in my pack. I also started carrying a small bottle of canned air from the office supply store to blow dust off. And I always use the lens covers, a little dust prevention goes a long way...

[flagstaff]

I wash them under the faucet when i get home. Out in the field, I use a lense brush and try to always keep the lense covers on.

[firstcoueswas80]

For the most part in the field i use the brush part of the lens pen to knock off the bigger dust particals, then use the microfiber rag from SW.

 

 

 

[COUESAZ]

For the most part in the field i use the brush part of the lens pen to knock off the bigger dust particals, then use the microfiber rag from SW.

 

This is what i do also.

 

[tjhunt2]

I clean them under the faucet at home and then blow the water off with compressed air.

 

 

Ajohunter.... kind of like the idea of can air.

 

I need to know what to do as well.

 

TJ