[Konvas] cleaning mushrooms on lenses ...

[russcine1 at aol.com]

 My late friend was optical engineer...his boiling ( in a large sauce pot) besides destroying the coating, dissolved the balsam lens cement...he also used the sunlight trick as necessary. Based on the lens or market he would get some of them recoated, which he found not always a requirement.



 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com>
To: Konvas Discussion List <cinema at konvas.org>
Sent: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 10:16 am
Subject: Re: [Konvas] cleaning mushrooms on lenses ...









russcine1 at aol.com wrote:?

> Boiling lens elements will destroy the coating. I have a late friend?

> do this to salvage lenses as a very last resort.?
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Again, I haven't a clue about what hurts/helps a lens, so this is just a 
question - but how about (after properly securing) running it through 
the dishwasher? The dishwasher is not the same as boiling, but it will 
have hot, bacteria killing, jets of water spraying on it with force. And 
you can wash your dishes at the same time... haha?
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It's not the best idea, just because there are so many dishes that you 
are not supposed to run through the dishwasher. But, maybe??
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