Jessops lens cleaning kit: suitable for binos?

I recently purchased a Jessops lens cleaning kit, primarily for use with
cameras, The kit contains a pack of lens tissues, a brush and a bottle
of fluid which contains isopropyl. Is any part of this kit suitable for
cleaning binocular lenses, especially bearing in mind the need to take
care with the coatings?

Thanks,

Marcus

Marcus O'Neill wrote:
I recently purchased a Jessops lens cleaning kit, primarily for use with
cameras, The kit contains a pack of lens tissues, a brush and a bottle
of fluid which contains isopropyl. Is any part of this kit suitable for
cleaning binocular lenses, especially bearing in mind the need to take
care with the coatings?

Thanks,

Marcus

I'd be very careful with IPA on good expensive multi level coatings, but as an
alternative, have you thought about Opticlean ? Look at 7 Day Shop for it, it leaves
a polymer film on the lens, then after it cured, you peel it off along with all the
crud. I used it on my scope EPs and my Strathspeys OK.

hth

DH

DH wrote:


I'd be very careful with IPA on good expensive multi level coatings, but
as an alternative, have you thought about Opticlean ? Look at 7 Day Shop
for it, it leaves a polymer film on the lens, then after it cured, you
peel it off along with all the crud. I used it on my scope EPs and my
Strathspeys OK.

Thanks for the info. I'd heard of the method, but couldn't recall the
name of the product. I'll give Opticlean a try.

Regards,

Marcus

Hi All,

I was also interested in Opticlean and searched 7dayshop for it.

I couldn't find it and an e-mail to them revealed that they no longer supply
it :-(.

Does anyone know where it can be obtained in the UK, or elsewhere, at a
reasonable cost?

Very best wishes and clear, dark skies.

--

/Paul B, York, UK.
http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm
York Astronomical Society
www.yorkastro.co.uk


"Marcus O'Neill" wrote in message
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DH wrote:


I'd be very careful with IPA on good expensive multi level coatings, but
as an alternative, have you thought about Opticlean ? Look at 7 Day Shop
for it, it leaves a polymer film on the lens, then after it cured, you
peel it off along with all the crud. I used it on my scope EPs and my
Strathspeys OK.

Thanks for the info. I'd heard of the method, but couldn't recall the
name of the product. I'll give Opticlean a try.

Regards,

Marcus

"Paul B" wrote in
message ...
Hi All,

I was also interested in Opticlean and searched 7dayshop for it.

I couldn't find it and an e-mail to them revealed that they no longer
supply
it :-(.

Does anyone know where it can be obtained in the UK, or elsewhere, at a
reasonable cost?

Very best wishes and clear, dark skies.
I got it from 'Calliope'. :- http://www.caliope.co.uk/

To work properly, the layer must be thick enough not to break, and cover
the optical surface completely. We use it at work to clean special
dichroic spectral filters, and it is superb.

Best Wishes