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Microscope: How do you guys clean your microscope lenses?

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:23:18 -0700

Hello. First,thanks for any help!

I got an AmScope SE400-Z. It’s supposed to be an awesome microscope for soldering!

But here’s the problem... I tried 2 of those scopes, and both lenses in both scopes have quite a bit of dust and the second was terrible in the right lens. It’s the eyepiece, but on the rear side, not the side you press your eyes up against.

I tried cleaning them with a brand new microfiber cloth, it just made it worse and super dusty and left marks. I tried Q-Tips as I heard 100% cotton Q-Tips with rubbing alcohol are good. I tried that, rubbing it in a circular motion, but it just made it worse.

I can’t seem to find a way to remove the dust. I also bought canned air,and it just won’t work!

What am I doing wrong? What if I was to switch to 20x lenses for something, and dust got on the 10x when I take them out? It’s not as bad now since I found the 2 lenses with the least dust, but I’m baffled.

Will lens paper or kimwipes really work much better? Because even the micro cloth sucked!!! And yes,it’s the kind for glasses and tv screens.

Thanks for any help!

⟐ Answered 十一月 17, 2020 at 18:23 GMT-7

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Microscope: Is it normal to have dust in the microscope lenses?

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:44:55 -0700

Hi. I got an amscope se400-z. It’s a pretty sweet microscope. Jessa Jones(awesome iPhone fixer/solder pro) uses that brand too. The only issue is in my 10x lenses,there is dust inside the actual lenses. To be clear,it’s not on the outside on either side(the part your eye goes on and the opposite end that you can see when you take the eyepiece out of the scope). I can see a few big pieces. In the right lens there’s a noticible blackish looking line(either a scratch or debris). Taking the lenses out of the scope,I could easily see the dust through them. The right one is the worst of the 2. I don’t notice it as much when I solder,as the green circuit boards help the spots to blend in some,but I can still see it.

Is this normal? Has anyone taken the lense apart and cleaned it? I don’t want to break it,or get more dust inside. The fact both lenses have dust makes me wonder…..

thanks to those who help!!! :)

⟐ Commented 十一月 26, 2018 at 18:44 GMT-7