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countryboy
Optics Apprentice Joined: November/17/2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA Status: Offline Points: 110 |
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Posted: October/15/2010 at 21:20 |
I HAVE GOT GUN OIL ON MY RIFLE SCOPE LENS ACCIDENTALLY / WHAT CAN I DO TO CLEAN IT OFF THE LENS WITHOUT RUIN THE SCOPE/ I NEED SOME ADVICE IN A HURRY/
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308 Sav
Optics Journeyman Joined: July/18/2010 Location: Kentucky Status: Offline Points: 362 |
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alcohol and a soft lens cloth
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jonoMT
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+1 on the alcohol or you might try acetone. Flush it good and remember that at this point you do not want to rub the lens, just use something absorbent to wick away the cleaning fluid and contamination. Then follow the steps (or similar) in:
http://www.opticstalk.com/cleaning-scope-lenses_topic25504_post357771.html?KW=#357771 |
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Reaction time is a factor...
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stickbow46
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Use the guts from a piece of white bread to absorb the oil,then follow above advice.
DON"T rub the lens with the bread ,just lay the bread on the lens! |
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tman1965
Optics Master Joined: July/20/2010 Location: South Georgia Status: Offline Points: 1456 |
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another method is to use a medicine dropper full of alchohol to "flush" the oil from the lens... do that 3-4 times and use a lens cloth to "sop" it up. then clean it using the recommended method, and a clean lens cloth. |
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magshooter1
Optics Professional Joined: August/27/2008 Location: El Dorado, AR Status: Offline Points: 827 |
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I've worked in the chemical industry for 20 years and in my experience alcohol won't cut most oils. Acetone however, will. I had a Burris Tech. Rep. tell me one time that every scope that they ship has had the lenses cleaned with acetone prior to shipment. That's what I use now on a really dirty lens. It needs to be straight acetone I wouldn't use an acetone blend like fingernail polish remover.
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