Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Cleaning
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:23:33 -0400

Craig Roberts jotted down the following:

> I damaged the coating on an expensive ($70) Leitz UV filter once by
> inadvertantly exposing it to the fumes of dry but apparently uncured ethyl
> cyanoacrylate cement (i.e., Krazy Glue).  Now I won't even breathe on my
> Summicron unless at least 72 hours have elapsed since my last ingestion of
> alcohol.
> 

Yeah, I'm the same.  I wait at least a week after sniffing Krazy Glue before
breathing on lenses ;)

M.

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