Usually only I use them, but recently I went on holiday to Tenerife with extended family and my bins were used by children and other people who know nothing about binoculars. Over the course of a week they have been subject to ice-cream, greasy fingers, sea spray, ladies eye makeup (not mine honest), sun tan lotion and dust and grease. Oh and flakey pastry too.
On the last day before we returned, I sat on a balcony and examined them. It was not a pretty sight.
This morning back here in Blighty I took them out and ran them under a warm tap, and gently wiped the rubber with a cloth and a weak solution of house-hold cleaner. After the rubber dried I took out the Opticron cleaning kit (supplied free by Sherwoods at time of purchase) and sparingly applied the lens cleaning fluid with the applicator. After that I gently polished the lenses with microfibre cloth. It took about 20 minutes and was an utter labour of love. They look totally new again. Unblemished and unmarked.
So then, do you get some sort of satisfaction when cleaning your glass or am I alone (and should get out more)!!?
