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Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues...
      06/25/09 12:08 PM

Hi Alan,

Try Baader "Wonder Cleaning Fluid". I'm sure that you should be able to get this Stateside.

For those in the UK, I got mine from Rother Valley Optics.

http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/baader-optical-wonder-cleaning-fluid_d3297.html

It comes in a press-spray plastic bottle - 100ml for £9.00 (it was £6.95) but it will practically last forever and a day when you consider how little one uses it and how much one uses at any given time.

Apply it using cotton pads and follow the procedure laid down by Arkansas Sky Observatory. Use the pads liberally for wiping and drying but don't spray the fluid directly onto the plate.

www.arksky.org/asoclean.htm

The instructions are very comprehensive.

The corrector should only be cleaned WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. There is a risk (minimal but a risk) that you will damage the lens coatings (but different sites have different opinions on this one). You make your own judgement but YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Hope this helps some.

Art

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Meade ETX105 (a nice "Grab & Go" scope) & Celestron NexStar 6SE with Bob's Knobs.

Various EP's from 6mm to 26mm, Baader Hyperion 8-24mm Zoom, a 2x Barlow, 2" diagonal and 7Ah PowerTank.
MRF and Antares 8x50 RACI finder scope - both for the 6SE's OTA, whilst the ETX gets a plain RDF.

Canon EOS 400D DSLR (un-modded) and SPC900 webcam. Finally climbing the AP Learning Curve!

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* For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... orion9 06/24/09 02:17 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... starquester   06/25/09 10:57 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Arthur Dent   06/25/09 12:08 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... starquester   06/25/09 12:50 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... jgraham   06/25/09 01:22 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... orion9   06/25/09 01:33 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Billydee   06/25/09 05:14 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... orion9   06/26/09 12:06 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Treehopper   06/26/09 12:50 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... orion9   06/26/09 11:39 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Treehopper   06/27/09 12:54 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... orion9   06/27/09 11:03 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Treehopper   06/27/09 11:52 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... rcd47   06/28/09 02:07 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... StarWars   06/25/09 12:16 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Astroboy86   06/25/09 01:10 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Treehopper   06/25/09 02:06 AM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... Treehopper   06/24/09 06:03 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... rcd47   06/24/09 09:40 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... orion9   06/24/09 10:50 PM
. * Re: For shame! Dust-Cap Blues... KWB   06/24/09 11:38 PM

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