Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One word of warning, make sure you use 100% cotton when you do this. Using "wash and wear" material with nylon, polyester, or other synthetic fabrics can scratch lens coatings. - --- Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Gene Jenkins asked: > >> 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? > > > Hi Gene, > You want the soft cotton jockey material. T-shirt > material would be OK as > I've used them lots of times over the years during a > shoot while still on my > back! ;-) > > The undershorts are best from the sit upon part, as > your butt has ground > them down to an extremely soft cloth and make > excellent lens cleaning cloth > after obviously being washed. > > I realize there are some folks here, new and old, > who poo-poo this use, but > then as usual it's from people who've never done it. > > hell I used them on the lenses for my old Speed > Graphic and it's still as > unscratched today as it was 50 years ago. All so my > R & M glass new and old > look just fine. > > Give it a try and you'll have more money for film or > new gear, instead of > wasting it on that expensive fancy cloth stuff. > ted > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html