hey guys is there anything you can use to clean finger prints off of nightforce glass other than there cleaning soulotion?
Rifle Scopes cleaning fingerprints off glass
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Re: cleaning fingerprints off glass
Lenspen?
Lenspen?
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lint-free cloth with isopropyl.
lint-free cloth with isopropyl.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Highground</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lenspen? </div></div>
+10,000. And don't get just one- buy several to keep in several places.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Highground</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lenspen? </div></div>
+10,000. And don't get just one- buy several to keep in several places.
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Thanks guys i used the lens pen = no good. Im going to try using the isopropyl with the nightforce cloth that came with the scope.
Thanks guys for the help
Thanks guys i used the lens pen = no good. Im going to try using the isopropyl with the nightforce cloth that came with the scope.
Thanks guys for the help
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dont touch it?
dont touch it?
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why? will it jack up the coating?
why? will it jack up the coating?
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No, but it keeps fingerprint off the lens
No, but it keeps fingerprint off the lens
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I got Zeiss lens cleaner with my high end eye-glasses and they have the same coating - the zeiss works great...
I got Zeiss lens cleaner with my high end eye-glasses and they have the same coating - the zeiss works great...
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Acetone, and Q-Tips. One Q-TIp at a time. New one for each revolution.
Starting in the middle, work a spiral outward to the edge. Repeat until clean(3x or so works for me). That is how I was directed by JWII, and JWIII
Acetone, and Q-Tips. One Q-TIp at a time. New one for each revolution.
Starting in the middle, work a spiral outward to the edge. Repeat until clean(3x or so works for me). That is how I was directed by JWII, and JWIII
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+ 1 on acetone(Burris recommends it).And Ive also used cotton balls and cotton makeup pads with water(paymore attention when your Wife or Girlfriend goes in the cosmetic aisle
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Ive used the pads many,many times with just water(distilled is the safest way I believe even thoughI just use my well water).I use a couple pads with water and kind of polish away after I'm sure theres no grit on the lense.I then use multiple dry cotton pads until the lense dries
Ive been doing this for a long time without any issues.If something realy nasty gets on there I use the Acetone.
+ 1 on acetone(Burris recommends it).And Ive also used cotton balls and cotton makeup pads with water(paymore attention when your Wife or Girlfriend goes in the cosmetic aisle
Ive used the pads many,many times with just water(distilled is the safest way I believe even thoughI just use my well water).I use a couple pads with water and kind of polish away after I'm sure theres no grit on the lense.I then use multiple dry cotton pads until the lense dries
Ive been doing this for a long time without any issues.If something realy nasty gets on there I use the Acetone.
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I was admonished not to use water if I could help it. Water will potentially degrade the lens coatings.
Here's a link with some good instructions:
http://www.usoptics.com/index.php?page=instructions
I was admonished not to use water if I could help it. Water will potentially degrade the lens coatings.
Here's a link with some good instructions:
http://www.usoptics.com/index.php?page=instructions
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Billjennings</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was admonished not to use water if I could help it. Water will potentially degrade the lens coatings.
Here's a link with some good instructions:
http://www.usoptics.com/index.php?page=instructions </div></div>
I couldn't possibly argue with your logic and info
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I think listening to usoptics is a safe bet
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I'm shooting from a $500 dollar scope and Ive used the cotton pads and just water for a couple years without any problems with the coating,But Listening to someone who actually knows(for fact) makes more sense
.Acetone is proven safe by more than one company and if its good enough for USoptics than I think it should be good enough for the rest of us .
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Billjennings</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was admonished not to use water if I could help it. Water will potentially degrade the lens coatings.
Here's a link with some good instructions:
http://www.usoptics.com/index.php?page=instructions </div></div>
I couldn't possibly argue with your logic and info
I think listening to usoptics is a safe bet
I'm shooting from a $500 dollar scope and Ive used the cotton pads and just water for a couple years without any problems with the coating,But Listening to someone who actually knows(for fact) makes more sense
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I dont like to wipe my glasses here in the sandbox, so what I will do is take the lens cleaner I got and just start spraying the hell out of them, I use alot of lens cleaner this way, but I would rather waste a little of that then get a super scratched up set of specs in the middle of my trip. after the mass dries off I use a little and a lens cloth, has worked like a champ so far.
I dont like to wipe my glasses here in the sandbox, so what I will do is take the lens cleaner I got and just start spraying the hell out of them, I use alot of lens cleaner this way, but I would rather waste a little of that then get a super scratched up set of specs in the middle of my trip. after the mass dries off I use a little and a lens cloth, has worked like a champ so far.
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Using too much lens cleaner could potentially degrade the seals. Distilled water is likely OK but using tap water has minerals. The deposited minerals will scratch the lens.
Astronomers use distilled water and very small amount of dish soap in cleaning their high end telescopes. They first gently brush off dust with camel hair brushes then use the distilled water/soap solution and then rinse with copious distilled water. When the distilled water evaporates it produces a clean spotless surface. I'm not an astronomer and I very rarely clean but this has worked well enough for me with some optics.
Best is to not ever touch it. Cleaning less is better. Clean at your own risk.
Using too much lens cleaner could potentially degrade the seals. Distilled water is likely OK but using tap water has minerals. The deposited minerals will scratch the lens.
Astronomers use distilled water and very small amount of dish soap in cleaning their high end telescopes. They first gently brush off dust with camel hair brushes then use the distilled water/soap solution and then rinse with copious distilled water. When the distilled water evaporates it produces a clean spotless surface. I'm not an astronomer and I very rarely clean but this has worked well enough for me with some optics.
Best is to not ever touch it. Cleaning less is better. Clean at your own risk.
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Also used Acetone, per US Optics works great, I filtered it though, dont know if I needed to but I did
Also used Acetone, per US Optics works great, I filtered it though, dont know if I needed to but I did
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I have used acetone on Takahashi and Televue large objective refractors and it works well. Recommended by Televue. I use tissues instead of q-tips, but either is ok.
I have used acetone on Takahashi and Televue large objective refractors and it works well. Recommended by Televue. I use tissues instead of q-tips, but either is ok.
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Thanks guys for all of the info. I did by a lens pen and it worked perfect. I also got ahold of a women in tech support at nightforce and she said that they use rubbing alcohol. Or the 20 dollar nightforce cleaning kit.
Thanks guys for all of the info. I did by a lens pen and it worked perfect. I also got ahold of a women in tech support at nightforce and she said that they use rubbing alcohol. Or the 20 dollar nightforce cleaning kit.
