Full Version: Where to buy acetone?
From: Shaddy [#20]
25 Aug 2005
To: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#11] 25 Aug 2005
There's lots of advice floating around here, and i'm not saying anything about that, it's probably all true. But when it comes to your particular instrument (and warrentee's), it would be foolish to not follow what the tech says. And if THAT leads you astray, then they'll be liable to help you out, just like what Peck said, if you screwed up a mirror using the other tech's advice then they'll replace it. But I doubt a fellow laserer would send you a mirror if their advice didn't work on your machine like it works on theirs.
Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers, getting advice is great, that's what this forum is for, I was just pointing some things out.
(and canned air can sometimes act like a little sandblaster, might be OK most of the time, but it only takes a little dust or impurities one time to mark your mirror/lens, it'd be safer to use the lower pressure squeeze bulb)
Shaddy
EDITED: 25 Aug 2005 by SHADDY
From: laserman (MIKEMAC) [#21]
25 Aug 2005
To: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#15] 25 Aug 2005
I think that what you use to clean your optics with is what you use. I don't think that a broad statement to everyone that has a laser is appropriate.
The link that you posted has a very important statement in it that says.
ALL OF THESE SOLVENTS SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE, BUT THE USER SHOULD CHECK WITH THE OPTICS SUPPLIER FOR COMPATIBILITY, AND BEWARE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
I personally think that I would use what the optics suppliers recommend for cleaning the optics why risk expensive replacements by experimenting with different cleaning solutions.
From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#22]
25 Aug 2005
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#20] 25 Aug 2005
The canned air is normally not air (those dust off things) , its a liquid propellant . If the can is not held straight it blasts a liquid stream of propellant at the the opticor mirror and this leaves a deposit that is very difficult to clean off. If you have dry CO2 canned air its ok.
As to the advice , well to be blunt , I would rather follow the optic mnfgrs recommendations considering laser engraver manufacturer's purchase their optics from them
Your laser mnfgr will not give anything less than a minimal warrantee on lenses and mirrors (3 months?) and if you destroy one by following their tech's advice ....well then perhaps their techs advice ought to be questioned and not taken as gospel?
From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#23]
25 Aug 2005
To: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#22] 25 Aug 2005
From: bluepaw [#24]
25 Aug 2005
To: ALL
Lens cleaner from your local camera shop and lens tissue from the same place works great.
You can use cotton swabs on the lens but only use lens tissue on the mirrors. And as someone else said, put the lens tissue on the mirror, a drop of lens cleaner and draw it across. Do not rub the mirror with anything.
Bill
From: Mick [#25]
25 Aug 2005
To: Peck.Sidara (LAOPADAK) [#17] 26 Aug 2005
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