Lighter Fluid for Cleaning (03)
Lighter Fluid is one of the most used and best working cleaning agents in camera service and repair.
My favorite choice for years is the one on from a big German drugstore chain (DM Markt) and it was both very very clean and cheap. Last year DM decided to spoil my fun and stopped selling it. Grrrrr :-(
Luckily (because i had downloaded their Safety Sheet earlier) i knew that Centralin did produce that good stuff. Centralin is online available for me so i ordered some 125ml tins which arrived today.
So it is Testing Time !
Test ground is the bottom of an all black Canon A35F. That satin black surface is just the ideal testplatform as you can see almost anything on that :-)
First thing to check out is the cleaning ability. Canon's bottom was smeared evenly with a thin coat of Kerensky's Secret Formula Grease. The bottom was divided in 4 areas for DM, Centralin, Zippo and Coleman Fuel.
I used a separate Q-tip drenched with a drop of the specific cleaning agent for each area. The other, dry end, of the Q-tip was used for mopping up.
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Here the result of the Cleaning Ability test.
The 3 Lighter Fluids all cleaned evenly well so i only show the Zippo treated surface (left) but the DM and Centralin treated surfaces are similar clean.
The Coleman Fuel however did not work that well. As you can see on the right image there are still a lot of streaks on the surface. Guess i have to use the contents of my 1 liter bottle now for the purpose it was designed for, fueling camping stoves :-)
Lighter Fluid for Cleaning (03)
Lighter Fluid is one of the most used and best working cleaning agents in camera service and repair.
My favorite choice for years is the one on from a big German drugstore chain (DM Markt) and it was both very very clean and cheap. Last year DM decided to spoil my fun and stopped selling it. Grrrrr :-(
Luckily (because i had downloaded their Safety Sheet earlier) i knew that Centralin did produce that good stuff. Centralin is online available for me so i ordered some 125ml tins which arrived today.
So it is Testing Time !
Test ground is the bottom of an all black Canon A35F. That satin black surface is just the ideal testplatform as you can see almost anything on that :-)
First thing to check out is the cleaning ability. Canon's bottom was smeared evenly with a thin coat of Kerensky's Secret Formula Grease. The bottom was divided in 4 areas for DM, Centralin, Zippo and Coleman Fuel.
I used a separate Q-tip drenched with a drop of the specific cleaning agent for each area. The other, dry end, of the Q-tip was used for mopping up.
.
.
Here the result of the Cleaning Ability test.
The 3 Lighter Fluids all cleaned evenly well so i only show the Zippo treated surface (left) but the DM and Centralin treated surfaces are similar clean.
The Coleman Fuel however did not work that well. As you can see on the right image there are still a lot of streaks on the surface. Guess i have to use the contents of my 1 liter bottle now for the purpose it was designed for, fueling camping stoves :-)