John Russell
Well-known member
These will be familiar to many but as questions about lens cleaning crop up frequently, I thought it worth a mention.
I came across them at my local drug store and they were no more expensive than the usual household items.
Zeiss state that they contain no perfumes and that there are only two constituents in the tissues, presumably an alcohol and a tenside.
In the past I have roughly followed the advice in these two links:
http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?plain=TRUE&id=103#.U4ceSXauOFA
http://scopeviews.co.uk/HowToCleanLens.htm
But the Zeiss lens wipes are a lot more convenient when in the field or on travels.
The second link is, if anything, a little too thorough as most contemporary binoculars and scopes have a hard top coating on oculars and objectives..
Of course, the advice to first use a blower or soft brush still applies but after using the Zeiss wipes, lens surfaces with hydrophobic coatings (Lotutec, Aquadura, Easy to Clean) dry residue-free. Otherwise breathing on the surface and a gentle wipe with a microfibre cloth may be necessary to achieve a pristine surface.
For really stubborn stains the advice in the second link to apply saliva on a clean fingertip is very effective.
John
I came across them at my local drug store and they were no more expensive than the usual household items.
Zeiss state that they contain no perfumes and that there are only two constituents in the tissues, presumably an alcohol and a tenside.
In the past I have roughly followed the advice in these two links:
http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?plain=TRUE&id=103#.U4ceSXauOFA
http://scopeviews.co.uk/HowToCleanLens.htm
But the Zeiss lens wipes are a lot more convenient when in the field or on travels.
The second link is, if anything, a little too thorough as most contemporary binoculars and scopes have a hard top coating on oculars and objectives..
Of course, the advice to first use a blower or soft brush still applies but after using the Zeiss wipes, lens surfaces with hydrophobic coatings (Lotutec, Aquadura, Easy to Clean) dry residue-free. Otherwise breathing on the surface and a gentle wipe with a microfibre cloth may be necessary to achieve a pristine surface.
For really stubborn stains the advice in the second link to apply saliva on a clean fingertip is very effective.
John
Last edited:
