littleken
Total Posts: 7
Joined: May 12, 2016
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Gordon,
Your design of the Renegade allows total access to the mirror. When time comes to clean the mirror, what cleaning solutions and method would you recommend? I have an old 12 1/2" dob, the mirror is mounted inside a solid tube. When not in use it has closures on both ends. I have only cleaned this mirror 3 X's in 7 years by rinsing with distilled water and drying with very low pressure canned air.
Ken
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Posted on May 13, 2016 at 10:35 AM
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gordon
Total Posts: 31
Joined: June 24, 2013
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Re: Mirror cleaning
Hi, Ken!
I don't like to clean mirrors too often. When I do, I use a distilled water rinse, just the same as you. If a mirror is extremely dirty, I use a few drops of liquid dish detergent in some water, and let that sit on the mirror for a while. Perhaps a gentle rub with a finger tip. Then rinse with distilled until the suds are all gone. It must be pretty dirty to get me to do this! Cleaning this way won't scratch the mirror, but it might leave tiny sleeks in the aluminum surface. These won't hurt the image much, if at all, and they will disappear the next time the mirror is coated.
Gordon
Posted on May 13, 2016 at 12:13 PM
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