UK equivalent to "Windex" ???

[kirkster501]

I hear our US friends referring to something called Windex they use to clean optics surfaces.  Anyone know what this product's equivalent would be here in UK please?

[Bizibilder]

Baader wonder fluid??  http://www.firstlightoptics.com/misc/baader-optical-wonder-fluid.html

[Tinker1947]

Google shows "Windex" as a Ammonia type window cleaner, dunno what it would do to a mirror.

[twotter]

I always thought Windolene was our UK equivalent to Windex? Though I'd only use it on windows....Baader Wonderfluid for optics!

[Sp@ce_d]

Go for Baader fluid. It's known, tried, tested & trusted.

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[Laurie61]

Its amazing how resilient some optical coatings can be. I have an old meade sct which had corrector plate coatings which had degraded and were partially missing. I decided to remove them altogether and tried various home glass cleaners, even leaving standing liquid on the plate for 15min. This did not work so tried bleach, still no go. I then rememberd reading somebody had used telescope optical cleaner and found a small bottle I had bought years earlier for cleaning camera lenses, it removed the coatings a treat.       

[DeepThought]

I use this stuff:

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/balvenie/balvenie-doublewood-17-year-old-whisky/

At a smidge over £93 per litre it's nearly 7% cheaper than Baader Wonder Fluid and it also tastes considerably better.

[bambuko]

Windex is an ammonia based window cleaner, it has a transparent blue color to it.

In the United Kingdom a comparable product is Windolene.

In the Netherlands and in Portugal the equivalent of Windex is Glassex.

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[lardy]

If your looking to make up Doc Clay's formula for cleaning corrector plates use  a small amount of ammonia. Arksky.org .... and ask Doc himself  

[faulksy]

Its amazing how resilient some optical coatings can be. I have an old meade sct which had corrector plate coatings which had degraded and were partially missing. I decided to remove them altogether and tried various home glass cleaners, even leaving standing liquid on the plate for 15min. This did not work so tried bleach, still no go. I then rememberd reading somebody had used telescope optical cleaner and found a small bottle I had bought years earlier for cleaning camera lenses, it removed the coatings a treat.       

that's a bit scary

[Laurie61]

that's a bit scary

Yes, that's what I thought. Made me think about using 'Proper' cleaning fluid on optics in the future. Unfortunately the cleaner I used came in a pack with blow brush and cloth, the packaging is long gone and there's no label on the bottle describing contents.   

[DeepThought]

I do wonder if people are a bit paranoid about what they clean their lenses with.

Glass is pretty hard stuff, short of using etching fluid or a harsh abraisive on it it's pretty hard to scratch.

I'd hate to think that the manufacturers of high end optics would be foolish enough to coat their lenses in something that dissolves when it comes into contact with lens cleaner.

I'm not suggesting we should all use Brillo pads but a bit of alcohol degreaser surely won't do any harm?  If it did then I'd be straight onto the manufacturer asking why they neglected to mention this.

[RT65CB-SWL]

I use this stuff:

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/balvenie/balvenie-doublewood-17-year-old-whisky/

At a smidge over £93 per litre it's nearly 7% cheaper than Baader Wonder Fluid and it also tastes considerably better.

hic!...excoooshe me!, hic! ...ish that before, ...hic! or after the clean? ...hic!