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Old 19-10-2005, 08:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xrekcor
huh!! spray bottle, I'd _never_ spray any cleaning fluid directly onto an ep. It's better
to apply with an applicater like cotton wall buds and/or balls. You dont want cleaning
fluid finding it's way down the side of the lens element groups and contaminating the
space between the elements.
Im 100% with Rob on this.
Fluid at the edge of an eye lens can wick its way inside the eyepiece by capillary action and cause problems such as internal fogging. This happened to me once with a plossl eyepiece.
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