sensor cleaning

DeLallo · 06/21/08, 08:33 PM

I leaving for Sweden next weekend and will be there for a month.I'm told that I can't bring Eclipse2 aboard an airplane because it's flammable. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could use in place of E2 if I have to do some wet cleaning.

Thanks
Gene

Photon42 · 06/21/08, 08:56 PM

take along sensor swabs and buy the purest available alcohol, e.g. isopropyl 99%, from a local pharmacy in Sweden. Are you sure you need wet cleaning and a blower and artic butterfly don't get the job done?

Regards
Ivo

DeLallo · 06/21/08, 10:04 PM

Ivo
Thanks for the info-I'll follow you advise

Gene

farnz · 06/21/08, 10:14 PM

Gene,

Beware that some isopropyl alcohol is sold with additives to colour it or make it taste horrible and these additives can cause smearing.

Pete.

elgenper · 06/22/08, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeLallo

I leaving for Sweden next weekend and will be there for a month.I'm told that I can't bring Eclipse2 aboard an airplane because it's flammable. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could use in place of E2 if I have to do some wet cleaning.

Thanks
Gene

Eclipse can be bought easily in Sweden, I´d guess most pro oriented shops do carry it. I got mine at YFO, Brännkyrkagatan in Stockholm, but there are several other places.

Of course, outside the larger cities, it might be a bit more difficult. And I DEFINITELY wouldn´t use any isopropyl (or other) alcohol product on the sensor unless explicitly declared suitable. Swedish law and regulations still are paranoid about any kind of alcohol (not just ethanol) sold in other places than the state owned liquor shops, so they may contain whatever additive that tastes most foul....

stnami · 06/22/08, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Beware that some alcohol is sold with additives to colour it or make it taste wonderfull and these additives can cause smearing.

.......

stunsworth · 06/22/08, 11:06 AM

Isn't that slurring rather than smearing?

jaapv · 06/22/08, 11:14 AM

If you put a small bottle of eclipse in your toilettries bag it is high unlikely anybody will notice it.

farnz · 06/22/08, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stunsworth

Isn't that slurring rather than smearing?

LOL

Pete.

elgenper · 06/22/08, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stnami

Beware that some alcohol is sold with additives to colour it or make it taste wonderful.......

Imants, that´s completely unheard of in Sweden.....

Hic......

stnami · 06/22/08, 03:21 PM

... Maybe you should ask the guys in Fennoscandia about it

bindrar · 06/27/08, 07:47 PM

Firstly (as always) I agree with Jaap - smuggle it through

Secondly, why not clean your sensor before you leave - it is unlikely to get so dirty it needs a clean within the month.

hdg · 06/27/08, 08:08 PM

Take iso-propanol or ethanol and you will get the best effects (as to my experiences with the sensor of my DMR).

Regards Hans

elansprint72 · 06/27/08, 10:49 PM

Absinthe works for me.

06/21/08, 08:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
DeLallo Neuer Benutzer Join Date: 09/30/07 Posts: 22	sensor cleaning I leaving for Sweden next weekend and will be there for a month.I'm told that I can't bring Eclipse2 aboard an airplane because it's flammable. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could use in place of E2 if I have to do some wet cleaning. Thanks Gene

06/21/08, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Photon42 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/03/07 Location: Zurich Posts: 120	Re: sensor cleaning take along sensor swabs and buy the purest available alcohol, e.g. isopropyl 99%, from a local pharmacy in Sweden. Are you sure you need wet cleaning and a blower and artic butterfly don't get the job done? Regards Ivo

06/21/08, 10:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
DeLallo Neuer Benutzer Join Date: 09/30/07 Posts: 22	Re: sensor cleaning Ivo Thanks for the info-I'll follow you advise Gene

06/21/08, 10:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
farnz Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 02/28/06 Location: London Posts: 2,090	Re: sensor cleaning Gene, Beware that some isopropyl alcohol is sold with additives to colour it or make it taste horrible and these additives can cause smearing. Pete. __________________ Eur. Ing. Pete F@rnsworth Live and let live.

06/22/08, 11:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
stunsworth Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/30/02 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,373	Re: sensor cleaning Isn't that slurring rather than smearing? __________________ Steve Website - www.steveunsworth.co.uk Picture a week - http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW_blog/?page_id=9

06/22/08, 11:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
jaapv Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/14/04 Location: Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands Posts: 6,668	Re: sensor cleaning If you put a small bottle of eclipse in your toilettries bag it is high unlikely anybody will notice it. __________________ Jaap WWW.JAAPVPHOTOGRAPHY.EU Skype: JAAPVPHOTOGRAPHY

06/22/08, 03:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
stnami Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 04/01/06 Location: back'n ward017 Posts: 4,339	Re: sensor cleaning ... Maybe you should ask the guys in Fennoscandia about it __________________ .................................................. ... “doi knia” ETROUKO ..............

06/27/08, 07:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
bindrar Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 04/24/06 Posts: 527	Re: sensor cleaning Firstly (as always) I agree with Jaap - smuggle it through Secondly, why not clean your sensor before you leave - it is unlikely to get so dirty it needs a clean within the month.

06/27/08, 08:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
hdg Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 03/17/04 Location: Frechen Posts: 1,088	AW: sensor cleaning Take iso-propanol or ethanol and you will get the best effects (as to my experiences with the sensor of my DMR). Regards Hans

06/27/08, 10:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
elansprint72 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 08/27/05 Location: Utterly, Up North. Posts: 6,175	Re: sensor cleaning Absinthe works for me. __________________ Cheers, Pete. http://www.petetaylor.org New gallery added, September 08- "Car parts"

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