Hi
Methanol is a little on the dangerous side. I would use Isopropyl alky
instead.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 tony-hurtado@No-Spam wrote:
>
> Ya know, I'm rather partial to the write up on our very own TAC site:
>
> http://observers.org/cleaning.optics.html
>
> It is true that acetone will eat more things that alcohols will, so I think
> that's the safer choice. Perhaps the call for reagent grade methanol is a bit
> overboard, and some lesser grade would suffice.
>
> I'm gonna try this technique. My favorite EP is a bit grungy after last
> weekend's MM!
>
>
> Tony Hurtado
> N8i in Si valley
> > Acetone eats plastics and plastic q-tip handles too. Hardware store acetone
> > works fine for cleaning laser Brewster windows even though spectroscopic
> > grade is recommended for that. Acetone evaporates really fast, faster than
> > methanol, ethanol or isopropanol which can all be used to prevent cleaning
> > streaks. It also dissolves some things that alcohols don't.
> >
>