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Can anyone separate, clean and re-cement eyepiece elements?
I bought an original Celestron Axiom 15mm from the US on ebay but it has some internal haze. On taking the eyepiece apart I discovered that the haze is inside the uppermost cemented doublet element so I can't get to it. I've read some articles on Cloudy Nights that describe various ways of separating the elements, cleaning them and then re-cementing them. I reckon if I tried this myself I'd probably damage or destroy the lenses so I'm wondering if anyone here has done this and might be prepared to try to fix my eyepiece (for a fee, of course). It also seems that the adhesive for re-cementing is kinda expensive so it wouldn't make sense for me to spend the money on such an old eyepiece, but if someone already has the necessary materials lying around...
Please send me a PM if you can help.
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