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Please tell me, how can you effectively remove the dust particle completely? I found that it's almost impossible, I used air, clothes that should attract dust bla bla but there's always some micro particle saying hello from there. What is the spell??

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Clean it with water, dry it with a dryer then rub it with a cotton cloth, a piece of old cotton shirt would be ideal, for some reason cotton removes dust without causing static like other cloths do.

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Clean Rodico can be used, but it also leaves a very light smear. I create a very thin cone of it, and then dab the final pieces of dust.

Can sometimes use pure water (plus a blower to get rid of beads of water when drying).

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3 hours ago, chriz74 said:

I cleaned it with water but if you dry it with a dryer water will leave shrouds

Clean with water, blow what water you can off, dry it, then with a cotton rag rub over it to remove any water stains. You can buy microfibre cloths and other expensive ones but a bit of clean cotton shirt will work just as well for removing water stains. Any bits of dust that do appear off cloth will then blow straight off.

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If it's glass, I use isopropyl alcohol with a glass cleaning microfibre to remove grease/dirt.
Then I spritz with distilled water to collect any leftover fibres, blow dry with a compressed air can to remove majority of water then finish off with hairdryer.

Sent from my Honor 5c

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What I find useful, are a set of fine brushes I bought in the poundshop--the sets women use for doing nail painting, included in this set is a very fine fan shaped one just about right for crystal inner surface combined with an air-blower bulb, about £3 from ebay to do the dial and crystal/case before refitting. Since Ive had these, not had any issues with fibres or specks in/on the dial/crystal

Watch tools dont need to cost the earth, just as well--I'm a mega-cheapskate!

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1 hour ago, Alastair said:

What I find useful, are a set of fine brushes I bought in the poundshop--the sets women use for doing nail painting, included in this set is a very fine fan shaped one just about right for crystal inner surface combined with an air-blower bulb, about £3 from ebay to do the dial and crystal/case before refitting. Since Ive had these, not had any issues with fibres or specks in/on the dial/crystal

Watch tools dont need to cost the earth, just as well--I'm a mega-cheapskate!

Can you post pictures?

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I was being driven to despair by one case with acrylic glass - just couldn't get rid of the last bits of dust.

Then I found this device on ebay - sold as a camera sensor cleaner (a couple of £ from China).

It's basically a bit of solid silicone on a stick. You dab at the bits of dust and it doesn't leave any marks

 

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I use lens wipes to clean crystals. Very convenient and better than any other fabric/liquid combination.

i've not had a problem with dust but cat hairs are a different matter!

Neil

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14 hours ago, Neileg said:

I use lens wipes to clean crystals. Very convenient and better than any other fabric/liquid combination.

i've not had a problem with dust but cat hairs are a different matter!

Neil

But make sure the wipes don't contain isopropanol if it's an acrylic crystal.

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4 hours ago, mikepilk said:

But make sure the wipes don't contain isopropanol if it's an acrylic crystal.

Mmm...

The ones I use are for spectacles. So far as my research shows in the UK at least, all contain denatured alcohol and water. 

Thanks for the heads up.

Neil 

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I have a box of Zeiss lens wipes next to me here - says on the back isopropanol and ethanol.

IPA causes micro cracks and makes it go misty - I discovered that the hard way.

I just looked it up, and it seems that ethyl alcohol is ok with acrylic. It just depends what the 'denatured alcohol' is.

Mike

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Denatured alcohol is ethanol with additive to make it undrinkable, principally methanol. This is often called methylated spirits in the UK.

Cheers, Neil

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