HOW TO CLEAN LENSES.

Manawatu Herald, 11 February 1905, Page 4

HOW TO CLEAN LENSES.

and Telescope Owners CftU Do It Themselves Without Danger.

i Mere dust can be removed with a camel’s hairbrush, there being nowhere Ifound any opinions forbidding that. But [in the changes of an ordinary olimate a [lens will get considerably blurred with filmy accumulations, e ven though it maj never have been touched by the hand or brought in contact with grease in any [form. A practical photographer onoe 'said that if a finger mark should coma upon a lens which he valued very highly he would immediately it to its European manufacturers. He would not dare to touch it himself.

Any one may venture upon taking an objective apart and cleaning it, provided he will only do it carefully. In the first place “do not use either fine chamois skin, tissue paper or an old silk handkerchief, or any other such material as is usually advised. ” Us© cheesecloth. It is not the wiping material, though, that is apt to do the mischief, but the fine dust particles, which may be silioious and become attached to the glass. This is the way to begin on the objective: Take a wooden bowl, cleaned with soap and water, then half fill it with clean water of about the same temperature as the glass and put in a teaspoonful of ammonia in half a pail of water. First wash a piece of cheesecloth thoroughly with soap and water and rinse and clean. Then place it in the bowl or pail, so that the lens won’t slip. Never use the same piece of cheesecloth twice. Mr. Brashear says that when the lens has been dusted and placed in the water he prefers to rub it with the palms of hia cleaned hands, although cheesecloth is good. There seems to be absolutely no danger of scratching it when plenty of water is used. When thoroughly washed, take the glass out, lay it on a bundle of cheesecloth, and usef.several pieces of the same, which hawp been previously washed clean and dried/ and dry it Don’t let it drain dry. Take up all the moisture with the cloth. Vigorous rubbing will do no harm if the surfaces have no abrading material. An objective can be cleaned without taking it out of its cell. First dust off the particles, then use the cheesecloth with soap and water. Go over the surface gently with one piece of cloth and throw it away and take another, then a third one. When the glass is clean, take a piece of dry cloth and dry it. Of course photographic lenses can be cleaned in the came way. How to Make Shoe Dressing tt Home. A soft dressing that is loss injuri; Dus than the majority of polishes found In the market Is made by mixing to a smooth paste vaseline or cosmoline and lampblack. Apply a very little with a flannel cloth and rub in thoroughly. The oil fills up the pores and renders the leather almost waterproof after using it several times. This dressing does cot impart a high gloss to the leather, but merely softens and colors it. Where d polish is desired the liquid dressings are preferable. How to Stuff Dohstor Tails. Cut In three-sixteenths of an inch squares a pound of lobster meat cooked in court bouillon. To prepare the court bouillon mince up 8 ounces of onions, 2 ounces of celery root, 2 ounces of carrots and put them into a saucepan with a branch of parsley, thyme and bay leaf; also a pint of water, some salt and a pint of white wine. Let boil for ten minutes. Add to these half the same quantity of cooked mushrooms, out up the same size. Fry colorless in butter 2 tablespoonfuls of onions. Add 2 ounces of flour and fry without browning. Dilute with a pint of milk and oook again for a few minutes. Then add the llobster, mushrooms. Mix well. 801 l up onoe, remove and cool off. Fill the half tail shells, well cleaned and dried, with Ihis preparation. Dredge over bread bnunba, besprinkle with batter and brown them in a hot oven.

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