cleaning a new mask
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BDSC
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I was taught to use Ajax or Comet. Just pour in a little of the powder, add a few drops of water to make a paste and scrub away with your fingers. Great method for a new mask.
BDSC
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What other kind of lenses would a quality mask have? Glass is the only thing I have ever seen in the masks I've looked at.
I have yet to come across prescription lenses in glass; they are usually polycarbonate. Hence you cannot use anything as abrasive as comet or ajax on them.
Meanwhile, I would think that using something as rough as those cleaning products would eventually wind up scoring even glass lenses. So maybe that would be good once in a while, but not on an ongoing basis.
BDSC
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Did not know that about prescription lenses!
I only do this the very first time for the intial cleaning and then I've been using the 500psi brand. Or is it 5000psi? Whatever. Like you said, repeated use may be bad in the long run. And can you imagine the hell you would get if you used Comet on a boat and then tried to rinse it in the ocean or rinse bucket!
I only do this the very first time for the intial cleaning and then I've been using the 500psi brand. Or is it 5000psi? Whatever. Like you said, repeated use may be bad in the long run. And can you imagine the hell you would get if you used Comet on a boat and then tried to rinse it in the ocean or rinse bucket!
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