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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 311389" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Use some canned air to get any "grit" off of them. Then try Luke-warm water and a dab of dish soap. Sometimes it's stubborn residue from condensation. Or, possibly your coatings are flaking off, hard to say without seeing them.</p><p></p><p>"Cleaning" lenses needs to start with a CLEAN cloth of some sort. My preference is the fairly small microfiber cloths that feel like "Terrycloth". If that cloth falls on the floor of the pickup, or onto the ground, that cloth no longer gets to touch any of my lenses. Don't use a shirt-tail, paper-towel pieces, or kleenexes. The very smooth almost like silk microfiber lens cloths work, but, IMO get dirty or "full" fairly quickly. Leupold lens pens are another example of a cleaner that can get "full" pretty quickly. I don't have very good luck washing lens cloths, it seems like there's always some soap residue left and they don't get lenses clean anymore, just smear fingerprints and condensation around without clearing it.</p><p></p><p>Allen, to answer you more directly. Most AR coatings on binos are pretty darn durable and long-lasting, again, assuming you're cleaning them with a CLEAN cloth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 311389, member: 412"] Use some canned air to get any "grit" off of them. Then try Luke-warm water and a dab of dish soap. Sometimes it's stubborn residue from condensation. Or, possibly your coatings are flaking off, hard to say without seeing them. "Cleaning" lenses needs to start with a CLEAN cloth of some sort. My preference is the fairly small microfiber cloths that feel like "Terrycloth". If that cloth falls on the floor of the pickup, or onto the ground, that cloth no longer gets to touch any of my lenses. Don't use a shirt-tail, paper-towel pieces, or kleenexes. The very smooth almost like silk microfiber lens cloths work, but, IMO get dirty or "full" fairly quickly. Leupold lens pens are another example of a cleaner that can get "full" pretty quickly. I don't have very good luck washing lens cloths, it seems like there's always some soap residue left and they don't get lenses clean anymore, just smear fingerprints and condensation around without clearing it. Allen, to answer you more directly. Most AR coatings on binos are pretty darn durable and long-lasting, again, assuming you're cleaning them with a CLEAN cloth. [/QUOTE]
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