P3D cleaning front surface mirrors

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Peter Davis asks,
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>I made the mistake of letting my 5 year old look through my View-Magic
>viewer.  Any suggestions or recommendations on cleaning fingerprints off
>front-surface mirrors?
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I use front surface mirrors from the same company as Dennis Brown (maker of ViewMagic viewer) does to make my Large Format Stereo Viewers. I 
have had a lot of experience cleaning them. The best way I have come up with is to put several drops of lens cleaner on a soft cotton cloth 
(white T shirt works well). Apply the lens cleaner to the mirror. Let the lens cleaner dry for a minute or so until it looks cloudy and not 
liquid. Buff the area with a dry part of the cloth until it is clean. These front surface mirrors have a coating on them which protects them 
to some degree and makes it possible to clean them without scratching them. An uncoated front surface mirror is virtually impossible to clean.

If anyone needs front surface mirrors for experimenting let me know. The Large Format Viewer is primarily for exhibiting large stereo images 
(prints or transparencies) if anyone wants more information about it.

David Lee




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