I wouldn't suggest ever 'scrubbing' on a mirror. In my experience, even
Windex on a Q-tip can cause scratches. The mirror coating is *that*
delicate! If you're going to clean a mirror, flood it with fluid (I use 91%
isopropanol alcohol) using a wadded up piece of plain white toilet tissue.
Then using another wadded up piece of dry toilet tissue, gently (*gently!*)
swab up the liquid.
This will leave a lot of little tissue fibres in the mirror area. Gently
(*gently!*) blow these out with short puffs of canned air or from a squeeze
blower. That's it. No scrubbing, contact with Q-tip, or anything else. Q-tip
cotton fibres can be quite abrasive, and this will wear the mirror coating
right through in a couple swipes. Ask me how I know... :-(
Remember, 'do-it-yourself camera' fixing is a lot like 'do it yourself
lawyering' or 'do it yourself doctoring', you want to be sure you don't have
a fool for a client. I would start on something a lot less desirable than
any OM body...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
> From: "Gareth.J.Martin" <g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:26:18 +0100
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Best way to clean OM-1N mirror
>
> I've never tried anything like alcohol on the mirror. I use the very
> soft brush on my lens pen and that seems to work fine. Luckily I don't
> have any marks on it which require a good scrubbing.
>
> All the best,
> Gareth.
>
> --
>
> Gareth.J.Martin
>
> Research Postgraduate
> School of Geographical Sciences
> University of Bristol
> University Road
> Bristol
> BS8 1SS
>
> g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible
> is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."
>
> Arthur C. Clarke's Second Law.
>
> "There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not
> wave in a vacuum."
>
> Arthur C. Clarke
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