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Steve,
Do not rub any camera cleaning cloths professional or not on the surface. You will scratch the coating and possibly the mirror. Read up about it first.
The simple method I use is -
remove mirror from cell
submerge the mirror in a tub of tap water water,
soak to soften the dust,
use gentle running water to wash off as much as possible
Difficult to removing material? It probably won't affect performance.
If you must remove difficult to move material submerge the mirror and waft it off by gently dragging cotton wool over the surface without applying direct pressure to the surface.
Alternative : use a garden hose with the nozzle set to a fine high pressure spray. Be careful the nozzle doesn't come of an hit the mirror.
Rinse once or twice with generous quantity of distilled / de-ionised/ demineralised water. Some people like to use isopropyl alcohol for the final rinse to aid drying. I don't.
Place a towel next to the splash-back of a bench and lean the mirror against the splash-back almost upright so water can drain freely. The odd drying mark won't affect performance.
Joe
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