[Kokatha man]

Yes Les, it certainly seems from the spruik that it is a miracle clean all(most) substance. I think I've scoped through all the articles, I was wondering about coated lenses; but the brief comments on this matter seem to suggest it is safe there.

CCD and CMOS chips too - the only provisos I detected were the plastics warning, and the bit about not being able to remove water soluble contaminents: seems one needs to re-dissolve these "nasties" with a detergent type solution and then hit 'em with "wunda-peel"!

With a bit of presumption I would guess that quite a bit of the crud on AA gear, mirrors and lenses in particular, would be "water-fixed" even if not actually deposited as a dissolved contaminent (ie, condensation et al dissolves/sets crud on these surfaces.) This may mean the more elaborate cleaning procedure is necessary then.

All in all though it seems a miracle product: I note that the scope mirror in Hawaii is "trialling" the product, not endorsing it as yet; I guess quite a few people would be willing to wait to see how it pans out over trials and time before grabbing a bottle/can - I well remember the miracle of silicon spray that Telstra zapped everything with a decade or two ago now and for which we (the customers) are still paying for from its' corrosivity, the ensuing faults and still ongoing costs and problems associated with their mad blanket application to every electrical/electronic device etc they hit it with. Cautious optomism would be my thoughts - technology is producing amazing stuff - but let 'em test it on someone else's gear first is my mantra!

Regards, Darryl.