Thank you so much for your ideas!!! OMG, I never had this problem before!
it's really hard to remove it. I also was afraid of removing the coating
with aggressive products. That's why I am double checking. It's certainly
an expensive filter and I don't want to mess it up!
Is isopropanol safe? Is there any risk of removing the coating?
Regards,
Dave
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I wonder if someone could tell me how to remove grease from a filter. I
> > have a B+W filter and I was using it the other day at the beach, I had
> sun
> > screen on my hands and the filter is basically full of grease. I have
> > tried to remove the grease with a cloth and gentle soap but it's almost
> > impossible to clean it! Is there any good product to clean lenses and
> > filters?
>
> I'm a fan of Dawn dishwashing soap. That usually works pretty well.
> Most of the modern dishwashing soaps contain digestive enzymes in them
> that take care of organic-based oils. But the old tried and true Dawn
> or Ivory tend to be better with petroleum based oils. YMMV
>
> Sunscreen is a beast to get off camera gear. Almost as bad as bug goop.
>
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