On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 10:26 -0700, Thomas Janstrom wrote:
>
> I know this going to sound silly, but you are using distilled water
> right? If so then that just leave the paper and possibly anything that
> might get transferred from your gloved hands to those towels.
I am very new to this vacuum thing, but I would guess that blowing water
off a mirror would be a good way to finish the cleaning process, but
apparently is not recommended. I've also been known to wash dirty
optical disks with a drop of soap and running water, then rinse, blow
the bulk of the water off by mouth, then spin the rest off in an old CD
drive. My thinking has been that touching the surface is not good, even
with soft paper, so I've looked at using streams of water and air to get
the job done. I also wonder if an ultrasonic cleaner might be useful?
Looks like these guys finish with alcohol and dry with paper towels of
some sort:
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/public/tele_inst/2006Aluminizing/eg/
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Kirk Wallace
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http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html
California, USA
