Ultimate Refractor Lens Cleaning Guide! Safe even for $8000 AstroPhysics 130GT optics!!!
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2024
- Don't Scratch Your View! This is the ultimate refractor lens cleaning guide that demonstrates the safe way to clean your prized optics!
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Educational video.
One thing you should point out Vlad. Paper is ground up wood and it is impossible to get abrasive dust out of it during its manufacture, so beware of paper wipes of any type. I discovered this from losing the expensive coatings on my sunglasses that I was cleaning with blow my nose Kleenex.😊
Yeah not a fan of them for a lot of applications.
Thanks for the informative video. Greatly appreciated learning experience.
Glad the info was useful. Thanks!
Always informative and well done. Thank you for your contribution to the hobby. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, appreciate the nice feedback👍
Great video mate!! :-)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Vlad, thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Cleaning eyepieces when needed is a breeze, and I have no trouble with my 8" & 12" primaries, but I'll admit to always being skittish when it comes to cleaning my 70, 102, & 125mm refractors.... Hopefully this video will give me the motivation to do something about those pesky lookin' dew marks!!
Happy cleaning!
I would add..The first step is to wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. 😁Then this...
Good point! Thanks.
Thank you for this. I’ve been looking for this kind of info. I assume the Zeiss optical fluid is safe on the lens coatings? (Again assuming not rubbing hard on the lens of course)
Yes it should be safe on all optics. Glad that the info was helpful.
Nice video. The type of cleaning solution you use is important. What do you recommend? It looked like you may have been using IPA.❤
It's a custom alcohol mix. I'm all ears if anyone knows of something that will leave zero residue. I sure have not come across anything.
@@AVTAstro Reagent grade IPA, it is not cheap.
Avoid using a dry lens tissue to clean a lens or mirror. Take the bite out of the tissue by wetting it first. You can also huff on the surface with water vapor if the tissue is soft before cleaning.
Vlad I seem to have an issue cleaning grease like from your fingers. It seems isopropyl alcohol does not seem to cut it. I know in a previous vid you mentioned Dawn. Are you using straight isopropyl alcohol or some sort of mixture?
I used to add a drop of unscented Dawn. Really don't see much of a difference with that. What I would do it make a mildly soapy solution with just distilled water and clean the smudges with that. They follow up with alcohol/lens cleaner if needed.
Like! Is it true that triplet refractors lose collimation faster and more easily than doublets and have to be recollimated more often ?
I would not say so. They are harder to collimate thought and usualy require a trip back to the factory.
I usually use gloves so you don’t transfer the oil from your hands to the cotton or microfibers and then the lenses
Not a bad idea. I have never had an issue with that thought and feel like I have more control with no gloves.
Air brush and compressor, blast everything clean =p
I took a shower with my explore scientific eyepieces 😂
I've always wanted to clean my ES eyepieces using their recommended method (full submersion), but always chicken out and never do it.
Televue's webpage recommends alcohol to clean lenses. I dont mind paying more, but your link to the Zeiss optical fluid shows the ingredients as "proprietary solution." I get suspiscious anytime I see this. Also the scent is listed as "Isopropyl alcohol." Am I just paying 20x more for more or less the same thing? Im not blaming you, its the marketing and if Aquafina can be sold for $4 a bottle when its just county tap water run thru a filter, than by all means companies will run with it.
I'm linking the Zeiss as I know people have used it with success. Most of this stuff is alcohol based.
Alcohol is excellent for glass optics. It's not a good choice for cleaning aluminized mirrors. Soapy solutions are best for mirror coatings rinsed with distilled water.
Okay. I'll stop using sandpaper.
Steel wool will remove those pesky dew marks real nice like.
Lol.
Slow & ultra careful, a lens pen is very useful.
Good point, no rush on this.