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<blockquote data-quote="Brian" data-source="post: 249653" data-attributes="member: 17621">Good job- and it is a great feeling to use a lens or camera that you repaired yourself. With the view through the finder, first use a good blower like the Rocket Blower, to get as much dust off the bottom of the screen and mirror. If that is not good enough, and I have done this: gently breathe on the mirror to moisten it and very gently use a Q-Tip -barely touching, no pressure on it- to wipe the moisture off. These mirrors are front-coated and and will scratch very easily. But &quot;Tickling it with a Q-Tip&quot; has worked for me. I've done this for SLR mirrors and the semi-silvered beamsplitter of a rangefinder camera. Again- very gently cannot be emphasized enough.<a href="http://www.adorama.com/GTRAB.html?gclid=CMCl1u3eh7wCFct9OgodBHcARw" target="_blank">http://www.adorama.com/GTRAB.html?gclid=CMCl1u3eh7wCFct9OgodBHcARw</a>This finder looked like a London Fog before cleaning the RF mirror under the window to the left and the beamsplitter to the right. You can see the corners in the VF that I did not get to. Be &quot;GENTLE&quot; otherwise the silvering will scratch and come off.<img src="http://www.leicaplace.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1284&amp;d=1384046917" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian, post: 249653, member: 17621"] Good job- and it is a great feeling to use a lens or camera that you repaired yourself. With the view through the finder, first use a good blower like the Rocket Blower, to get as much dust off the bottom of the screen and mirror. If that is not good enough, and I have done this: gently breathe on the mirror to moisten it and very gently use a Q-Tip -barely touching, no pressure on it- to wipe the moisture off. These mirrors are front-coated and and will scratch very easily. But "Tickling it with a Q-Tip" has worked for me. I've done this for SLR mirrors and the semi-silvered beamsplitter of a rangefinder camera. Again- very gently cannot be emphasized enough. [url]http://www.adorama.com/GTRAB.html?gclid=CMCl1u3eh7wCFct9OgodBHcARw[/url] This finder looked like a London Fog before cleaning the RF mirror under the window to the left and the beamsplitter to the right. You can see the corners in the VF that I did not get to. Be "GENTLE" otherwise the silvering will scratch and come off. [IMG]http://www.leicaplace.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1284&d=1384046917[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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