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Originally Posted by mura_gadi
A well laundered soft cloth like an optometrist glasses cloth and a gentle swipe;
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Optometrists cloths are usually microfibre and work well, but they aren't quite as soft as 100% lint free cotton which makes it slightly more difficult to work right to the edges of the eye lens. If you have some handy use them for sure, if you have to buy something, buy 1/2 a metre of lint free cotton from Spotlight for about $10 which will last many years. As Steve suggested, run it through the washing machine and dryer 3 or 4 times before you start to cut it up and use it. Also cut it across the bias (45% to the thread direction), which helps to stop it fraying, or use pinking shears. No I'm not a girl, lol, wife's a dressmaker
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Originally Posted by mura_gadi
Unless you know its a good quality and well recommended cleaning pen I would avoid them.
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I've got a good one and haven't used it in well over 10 years. They work ok but I just like to have 100% control over every single variable in the cleaning process with all my optics.
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Originally Posted by mura_gadi
Using cotton buds/balls, make sure they're 100% cotton. Cotton is graded for quality, so don't go for the cheapest option, go for a good brand probably in the baby line up.
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I would just avoid them all together. I found that out the hard way. About 25 years ago I used some quite expensive cotton balls (I think they were Johnson) and either the material started to dissolve in the Isopropyl Alcohol or they had some fragrance in them (which wasn't mentioned on the packaging, which said "pure cotton") which broke down and became a white goey mess that smeared all over the lens of my binoculars. It then took many hours of cleaning with soft cotton patches, cotton buds and isopropyl alcohol to get everything properly cleaned and back in order.
Cheers
John B