Re: [Leica] Re: lens cleaning...Skivvies

["Gene Jenkins" <sop@erols.com>]

I have boxer shorts made out of different and jockeys out of another. What
kind of cloth are we looking for? What about tee shirt material?

Gene

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From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: lens cleaning...


> Hi Steve,
> Look cleaning a leica lens is so easy and non scientific that it's a piece
> of cake. As I've read some pretty ridged cleaning scenarios from folks
you'd
> think you were cleaning a piece of extra-ordinary glass instead of a leica
> coated lens..
>
> I believe Leica should put out a video illustrating how their technical
> service people clean lenses when you send them for a fix up or if you go
to
> one of those leica day things held in camera stores.
>
> it goes like this...
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> tech takes lens in hand breathes on the glass and rubs a piece of cloth in
a
> circular motion and cleans the lens.... that's it.
>
> And if you go into the archives you'll find this topic has all the answers
> to cleaning.
>
> However, this is the way to do it and you can save a fortune in those
> technical created "cleaning cloths with droplets of whatever the hell they
> put in those bottles to take your money, that would be better spent on
> buying film so you can take more pictures.....;-)
>
> 1:
> You have the finest piece of lens cleaning cloth riding on your butt day
> after day,  your under shorts when you're ready to discard them. Then cut
> the butt side or largest piece of cloth from them and put the piece in a
> small zip lock bag and in your equipment bag for future use. Or
immediately
> if required.
>
> 2:
> When you're ready to clean, blow.. using your lung blowing power and blow
> off the lens Then if you have a small camel hair cleaning brush
lightly....
> Then hot breath on the glass, take undershort cleaning cloth and in
circular
> motion wipe off any other stuff.
>
> No you don't have to wipe as soft as you might wipe a babies bottom
either,
> you give it a good rub until it's clean. If after the first one you se a
> finger print give 'er another good breathing fog and rub it again!!!
Harder
> this time.
>
> You'll find the above has been posted to the LUG an many occasions in the
> past 5-6 years and it works.  No it doesn't leave any scratches and unless
> you're using steel wool or some kind of abrasive material your lens will
be
> just fine.
>
> I've used the under wear cleaning cloth for many many years and yep in the
> past some neophyte lens cleaners have poo-pooed the method or worse...
> they've never done it and yet shoot it down.
>
> Anyway Steve, would I steer you wrong about cleaning a Leica element?
> Besides this undershort and breathing method has been used for 50 years,
not
> jut on Leica glass but every other lens I've ever owned and used. and all
my
> Leica glass looks great....... when I get around to cleaning the glass.
;-)
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