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Cleaning Tips for binocular rubber (1 Viewer)

Hmmm, slipperyness on binoculars may be an issue... I think I will try something like this, as they say it does not leave any slippery residue.

https://www.liquidperformancedirect.com/product-p/1034.htm

As for Byron Wright's problems, I found an interesting post on another forum that may provide an explanation

Armor All used a different formula many years ago, containing dimethyl silicone oils (not water based), and it got a bad name because of it. ...

Truth be told they have been a water based silicone for many years now, and their product isn't a whole lot different than the other rubber / vinyl protectants available. They don't have the higher concentrations of UV inhibitors that 303 Protectant, & Vinylex and a couple others do, but that's 1 reason they ( 303 etc.) cost more than Armor All. UV additives are the most expensive ingredients, arguably, in those products, so you get what you pay for to that extent.

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Oh, and silicone is in all of them. The difference is the TYPE of silicone. A water based type is the kind that doesn't remove plasticizers from the material (additives in plastics/ vinyl materials that keep them flexible-without it can lead to cracking etc.) .....
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/automotive-care-and-detailing/529486-whats-wrong-with-armorall.html
 
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Thanks for this information Synaps.
As a final practical tip anybody who has sticky rubber on the thinner telescope coatings, a cure might be found in the application of carefully cut, green gaffer tape. This forms a shroud and if done carefully it can look quite presentable.
 
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