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I use spit and the corner of my shirt Yeah, man, either the corner of my shirt or whatever bar/restaurant napkin I happen to have in my pocket. Ohh but but but VarmintPen has one in every orifice and within reach at all times. ππ
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And still no sockpuppet maseypoo one responds. Or other campfire d bag extraordinaires that live vicariously on the web..
Gee ...
The only reason I started the rather seemingly mundane thread was a chance to do the
"That's it Mister off you go to ignore" deal for a specifically targeted audience.
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Arrrrrgh......
P.S.....
Camera shop on Madison Street had......
Leupold ones for 17.99... And they had a dust coating on em. Been hanging on the rack for god knows how long. Probably the better quality ones they sold a decade ago. JFC.......
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Love the new Avitar Ren, Arrrrgh. lol
My "North American Hunting Club" lens pen is still in tip top shape.
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I vapor blast mine then wipe with a non boogerd silk snot rag.
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
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Campfire Outfitter
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I've got a camera lens kit in my camera bag. Nice brushes, fluffy up to stiff, separately bagged, compressed air, three kinds of wipes, chamois...all this stuff is bagged to keep dust away. Compressed air first, air the brush before during and after, and only after that use anything wet. Lens caps and camera filters that screw into a scope's threading also apply, I won't buy a scope any more where I can't screw in a filter or at least a short shade tube. Worst case, the muck hits the filter which is way cheaper than the front focusing element. You can dunk the filter in a creek, not so much the scope. Rear lens isn't quite so critical as the front, but I'm still careful cleaning. Ground glass doesn't like to be scratched.
Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.
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I have a leupold one. I've had it several years, but don't use it much, mosly just use the zeiss lens wipes.
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LensPen = great tool for grinding dirt across the surface of your lenses.
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Older version of this - Zeiss Kit, along with a small sealed bag of Q-Tips to apply and dry cleaning fluid. Once one end of a Q-Tip comes off glass, it never touches it again. I canβt believe anyone who pays for glass would stick a fβn lens pen on it. Unless they simply donβt know any better, or can just buy new glass when itβs swirled and scratched to hell. Any of you wax or buff your truck before washing it?
"Your range of experience runs that gamut from A to B, plus you're a nitwit. That's a hard combination to overcome, though some people try." - JB
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Kodak lens cleaner and lens tissue, good enough for camera lenses works well on binoculars and rifle scopes.
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Older version of this - Zeiss Kit, along with a small sealed bag of Q-Tips to apply and dry cleaning fluid. Once one end of a Q-Tip comes off glass, it never touches it again. I canβt believe anyone who pays for glass would stick a fβn lens pen on it. Unless they simply donβt know any better, or can just buy new glass when itβs swirled and scratched to hell. Any of you wax or buff your truck before washing it? This ^^^
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LensPen = great tool for grinding dirt across the surface of your lenses. Yep. The amateur astronomy community generally advises against using a lens pen on telescopes (refractor objective lenses), telescope eyepieces, binoculars, monoculars, etc. Cleaning Eyepiece and Telescope OpticsTele Vue Optics, Inc. https://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?return=Advice&id=103One of my telescopes: Cheers! Bob F.
"Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke
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Q tips and rubbing alcohol is all I use.
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One of my telescopes: Cheers! Bob F. Short tube refractor? Haven't really been in the game since my kid got old enough to walk and knock things over. Now that he's gotten older I may start playing around again.
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One of my telescopes: Cheers! Bob F. Short tube refractor? Haven't really been in the game since my kid got old enough to walk and knock things over. Now that he's gotten older I may start playing around again. Yeah, it's an Astro-Tech AT72EDII. Diameter 72mm, focal length 432mm, f/6. Fully multicoated FPL-53 and Lanthanum doublet refractor optics. Here's the product page: https://www.astronomics.com/astro-tech-at72edii-refractor-ota-fpl-53-f-6.htmlCheers! Bob F.
"Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke
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Only people who want to scratch the lens of the optics use lens pens. Of course a moron like a "renegade50" would use lens pens.
Clean any debris off with air and then use a clean microfiber cloth changing to a clean part of the cloth constantly to clean the lens of optics.
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I've got an old Orion 150mm Mak-Cas. Don't recall the exact fl, but it's a fairly slow tube. Works great once the lenses thermal stabilize, but it takes forfuckinever to clear up on a cold night... well over an hour. My tripod is a bit light for it too... stick it on top a VersaGo.
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I've got an old Orion 150mm Mak-Cas. Don't recall the exact fl, but it's a fairly slow tube. Works great once the lenses thermal stabilize, but it takes forfuckinever to clear up on a cold night... well over an hour. My tripod is a bit light for it too... stick it on top a VersaGo. That'll certainly work! PM sent. Cheers!
"Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke
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I use a rouge brush (bought in the makeup department at Walgreens for about $5.00.) Very fine and soft brush cleans lens off nicely.
I also have a second one I use with Barricade to administer rust preventative on guns. Gets it into little nook and cranny of whatever gun needs it.
I just make sure the plastic tube of each is labeled to avoid using the lubricant one on a lens.
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