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**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:09 pm Post subject: Dirty lenses? Try this!

These really rock for cleaning lenses. Thanks to my planetarium buddies for showing me these. Safe to use on C elements, coated lenses, front and back of any lens. They really take the grime off. I'm about to buy a box...

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Sight-Savers-reg-Premoistened-Lens-Cleaning-Tiss_W0QQitemZ380165363344QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item58839f1690

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

I've been using a good lens cleaner (from an optician) and disposable cotton tissues -- you can buy them at Whole Foods & probably elsewhere. Spray with lens cleaner first -- enough so it washes stuff off the lens -- to remove as much grime as possible *before* you rub it with ANYthing.

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

I think these are the same thing for less money: http://www.mcmaster.com/#lens-cleaning-tissues/=62lgs4

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I just took an eBay link at random.

The B&L wipes have alcohol infused into the wipes..

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

I still say you want to use a spray cleaner FIRST. You want to flush all the nasty scratchy bits off the lens surface BEFORE you touch it with anything.

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

There was this formula i got from the "A" site yrs ago... Something about Distilled Water, Alcohol, and a few drops of dish liquid.

I used it and it works great. I'll see if i can find it.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject:

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

roland@b4 · Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Posts: 82 Location: Reading UK

Thats great news just when I thought there was no hope

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject:

Ok I'll bite. Why are there lenses scattered about your garden?

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:51 pm Post subject:

Passive recycling! Very Happy

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7949

He's trying to grow a CRT plant! Thumbs Up

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:33 am Post subject:

I hear the blues are really hard to cultivate, reds aren't an issue.

bbfarmht · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:24 am Post subject:

and the greens don't last as long as either.

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Cliff has pretty good luck with Green ! Wink

bbfarmht · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:55 am Post subject:

rod · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:35 am Post subject:

I can see a nice sunny day somehow catching those leaves on fire. I have a set of HD8's that I'm looking to do something funky with outside but nothing coming up so far. Getting close to the dumpster as spring nears.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:38 am Post subject:

Do a camera obscura with them.

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Yeah, I keep thinking I should do some kind of science projects with my kids with my set of HD8's... something more constructive than a major ant-burner. Mr. Green

rod · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:55 am Post subject:

ok. admittedly I had to google that. interesting, but not exactly what I had in mind. I was thinking more in the lines of throwing some intense light thru them and casting images/silhouettes maybe, kinda, sorta. I dunno.