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[Finnegan]

I remember someone somewhere mentioned long ago how they put some instant glue on a messed up lens and, once it dried, the instant glue peeled off taking the dirt along with it resulting in a clean glass. Does anyone know of this method? Theoretically

[Waynemel]

What exactly do you mean by instant glue?

[Finnegan]

cyano acrylate aka the tv ad of the construction worker hanging on to his hard hat and being lifted in the air because his hard hat had been super glued to the beam aka the stuff that glues human flesh together.

[Waynemel]

That's what I thought.
I don't know if the method you described would work, but I do know that using that type of glue around cameras is generally a bad idea. If I understand correctly, over time the glue off-gasses and will deposit a permanent

[Hans Kerensky]

Why don't you try that instant glue method out first on an old throw-away lens (with coating) ?
 
I have seen discoloration of plastics almost instantly after applying Cyano acrylate glue, clearly coming from its fumes.

[Glenn]

I do not know who started this ridiculous story but it is utter crap!! Anybody with a modicum of knowledge, on the chemistry  of cyano acrylate adhesives, will know where to put the 'working at molecular levels' and 'peeled off' comments when

[Br1078lum]

Well, now I think I know what's on the lens of an Agfa Super Silette I got.  Nothing seems to cut it.  Since it's ruined already, I'll try peeling it off, but don't hold much hope for the lens.  The stories that people start on the internet(

[Finnegan]

Well, it would have been courteous of Glenn to share his knowledge of brand names of the specialized glass and optical cleaners that dry to a thick pliable coating that just pulls off since it was the information I was after.
 
Br1078: if what you

[Br1078lum]

I thought about that, Finnegan.  Just haven't stopped in the cosmetics section yet.
 
PF

[Glenn]

I get fed up of providing information when a simple Google search would have answered the original query!
 
The original product was/is 'OptiClean' which seems to have been still available in late 2010, early 2011.
 
The professional produ

[Paul Ron]

The red stuff is coligen, once sold in surgical supply n drug stores. I can't seem to find it locally anymore perhaps due to low demand.  
 
It is very popular with astronomers to clean their telescope optics n works very well.

[Fallisphoto]

DON'T DO IT! This is one that belongs with the how to clean a focusing screen with a hard toothbrush and rubbing alcohol and how to clean a soft-coated lens with ammonia and a lens cloth posts. Any of these things will ruin a camera. There was a post he