Washing a Baader micro-fibre cloth ?

[John]

I recently used my Baader micro-fibre cloth to clean the meniscus lens of my 6" mak-newtonian. It went very well but, as the meniscus lens is significantly larger than eyepiece lenses that the cloth is usually used on, it occurs to me that the cloth is now probably largely "contaminated" and I've thought of giving it a gentle wash. The label on the cloth has the symbols that indicate that it can be machine washed up to 40 degrees, not tumble dried and ironed at a cool tempertature.

I thought I'd just ask if anyone has actually washed their Baader cloth - or should I just fork out for another cloth ?.

[Rossco72]

I've wondered the same but haven't done it yet so I too look forward to some report on this...

[NGC 1502]

I don't have a Baader microfibre cloth, but I've had a Jessops one for years

and every so often it gets a wash in ordinary washing powder, several rinses

then air dried. I keep it in a sealable plastic bag.

Works for me, HTH, Ed.