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Tin Can
11-Jul-2020, 06:20
Found on FB

https://www.mavidon.com/upload/product/files/41/Optics_Cleaning_with_Collodion.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0EHXIAsHDmUfWt35Olok387SBI8V3adH4YcIjq1gqxb6yU7T0nY2qLY-E

Paul Ron
12-Jul-2020, 16:07
thats the best way to clean lenses.

love the smell of it too.

Drew Bedo
18-Jul-2020, 07:27
Years (and years) ago, before wet plate photography was popular, I read somwewhere that this was the method optics shops cleaned the large front surface mirrors on telescopes prior to re coating them with aluminum.

alex from holland
19-Jul-2020, 13:52
You can even clean your glass plates with old collodion left overs.
Most effective way to clean glass