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Zeiss cleaning solution and a lint free wipe. (I have a lot of extra kim-wipes at work)
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IIRC, Kim-wipes contain wood fibers and that is a no-no when it comes to cleaning lenses.
 
And to the OP, I agree; I don't use lens pens just for the reason you stated. I had a few and they were sold at a yard sale. Too easy for crud to accumulate on the tip of the pen and then grind it into a lens. I guess YMMV.
 
ETA: corrected my spelling, it's been a long time since I've looked at a box.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote anomad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/29/2011 at 08:36
Originally posted by Stud Duck Stud Duck wrote:


Zeiss cleaning solution and a lint free wipe. (I have a lot of extra kim-wipes at work)
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IIRC, Kim-wipes or chem-wipes contain wood fibers and that is a no-no when it comes to cleaning lenses.

 

And to the OP, I agree; I don't use lens pens just for the reason you stated. I had a few and they were sold at a yard sale. Too easy for crud to accumulate on the tip of the pen and then grind it into a lens. I guess YMMV.
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The guys in the lab use them on cameras and scanners and laser stuff. They come in multiple flavors.


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Originally posted by Kickboxer Kickboxer wrote:

Originally posted by bugsNbows bugsNbows wrote:

First, I use a lens bush to lightly "wisk" the lens. Then, I clean with the Zeiss lens cleaning wipe pads. 
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Just that you use a bush...Instead of a brush.
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I shoot in a quarry that is crazy dusty. Every time I come home from shooting I take my air compressor and while the tank is filling and it has minimal preasure I blow off my gun along with my scope lense. You be surprised at how well this works. I will then use a lense cloth to finish her up but quite honestly the compressed air is usually sufficient unless it has water spots from rain.
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Originally posted by billyburl2 billyburl2 wrote:

Just that you use a bush...Instead of a brush.



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I emailed Kimtech again to confirm what the Kimwipes are manufactured from. Like I said before, I'm going from memory, but I used to work in a lab and had access to the wipes. I was going to use them to clean my optics, but I done some research before using them; and again going from memory, the ones I inquired about contained wood fibers. Perhaps they make a type of wipe that doesn't contain wood fibers.
 
We used Kimwipes in the lab, but after one was used, we ran a bead of silicone oil down the side of the glass sample container and used a type of lint free cloth for HACH to fill in the minute scratches and swirl marks left behind from using the wipes. YMMV.
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Email response from Kimwipes;
 

Thank you for contacting Kimberly-Clark Corporation. 

 

The Kimwipes ingredients are all composed of 100% wood fibers. 

 

Depending on the use and application you may want to look at our Kimtech science wipers which are made of 100% virgin cellulose  fibers.  I have also attached a technical document for these products as well.

 

Below is a link to our website where you can obtain more details on the Kimtech Science line.

 

 

http://www.kcprofessional.com/us/product-details.asp?site=kcprofessional_com_us&client=kcprofessional_com_us&proxystylesheet=kcprofessional_com_us&output=xml_no_dtd&q=05511&search=v1&searchtext=05511&btnGo=Go

 

 

Have a nice day,

 

 

North America Customer Solutions Team (Jan-San Division)

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Phone#: (888)346-4652

Email: KCPInfo@kcc.com

 

Website for Product Info: www.kcprofessional.com

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Would the cellulose fibers be safe for optics?



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