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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
I pulled the Starfire out today, although our apartment is nice and dry, I do this two or three times a year for a couple of days, with the caps off, to give it some UV exposure. to prevent mould.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
That's interesting. Never thought of that as to prevent mold. So you just open them up or point them to the light outside as well? I wonder if the UV torch they use in forensic would do the same job shinning them down the tube.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yeah take all the caps off, place the scope in as dust free environment as possible, that sunlight enters (spare room), point the objective in the general direction of where sunlight enters the room but ensure that the sun can't move into a position where it could possibly be even partially focused in anyway by the objective or finder scope and leave it for 2 or 3 days, easy 
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Yep, I do that a couple of times a year with my TAK's and Canon lenses.
Like Mike said, make sure the sun can't hit them directly.
And I also have some UV Fluro's from Jaycar that I leave on at night in the scope room.
This also supplements the days I expose them to the sun.
Might as well, it's the only light they see nowdays.
RB