RE: [Rollei] Mutar lens coating removal

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk >]

Taller short-waves. ;-)

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From: Don Williams [mailto:dwilli10  ]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 4:13 PM
To: rollei  us
Subject: Re: [Rollei] Mutar lens coating removal


At 06:57 AM 5/22/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Gary,
>I recently removed the coating from a lens with (brace yourself) paint
>remover ("Jasco" Premium Paint and Epoxy Remover), it worked great! It
>took everything off in one application, I applied two just to be
certain
>and then cleaned the elements well. If you are working on something
that
>has real value you may want some other opinions; in my case I was
working
>on an inexpensive "E" series Nikkor that I bought specifically to
remove
>the coating from for long-wave UV work.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Doug

What the heck is "long-wave UV"?

Seems like a contradiction in terms.


Don Williams
La Jolla, CA

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