Is this a good cleaning kit?

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Is this a good cleaning kit?

#1 Post by Nebulous » Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:39 pm

I've watched several YouTube videos on how to clean the various scope parts and wound up finding this camera cleaning kit on Amazon which seems like it would suit microscopes as well: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HN ... KKQ2&th=1 . Anything I should be concerned with in terms of damaging the optics using something like this? Seems like some of the miscellaneous utensils could be decent for detailing the body.

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Re: Is this a good cleaning kit?

#2 Post by Sure Squintsalot » Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:37 pm

Those are crap.

Invest in a good quality blower used by serious photographers, kimwipes, and good quality lens cloths, and a jug of high-purity ethanol. Oh, and foam Q-tips. Zeiss has a good tutorial on keeping "The Clean Microscope" somewhere on line.

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