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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Lenspen
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:11:27 -0400
Shoot, I love the things.  Been using them for years on all my lenses with 
no negative repercutions.  Clean the entire lens surface.

Tom

>
> Boris,
> I have no first hand experience, but a Google search proved interesting. 
> The pen contains a dry cleaning compound (graphite) which you use to 
> polish off the offending mark after first removing grit with the brush 
> end. Sounds scary although graphite is pretty soft stuff. I found a number 
> of sites extolling it's virtues (telescopes, binocs, cameras, etc.). Seems 
> like it would be a good field tool for cleaning a small area of a lens. My 
> impression is that it would not be suitable for cleaning a large area. I 
> also wonder how it takes up the graphite after it is done cleaning. My 
> Grandmother used to use graphite to lubricate her door locks and I 
> remember it being pretty dirty material.
>
> Charlie
>


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