Thread: Weather proofing your rifle.

I've heard that professional photographers use toilet paper to clean their $40,000.00 lenses. I mean...why not? Professionals are always budget conscious, and if cheap toilet paper is effective at cleaning lenses, without doing any damage, and at a significantly lower price than microfibre cleaning cloths...it's a no brainer!! Right? Right? Riiiiight?

Ha ha fuck this iz fun

I use a microfiber cloth at home and tissue or TP in the bush have done for years, I have noticed on my oldest scope a leupold 2x7 (35 years old) it does have slight scratching that doesn't seem to have affected it much and have used TP on it a lot over the years. As Gibo said it's more the crap on the lens that scratches than the TP.
If you are worried about the effects of TP on the lenses rather than wipe them just dab the lenses to soak up any water. Also I think it takes a long time to see the effects of wiping the lenses with TP.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

I use a microfiber cloth at home and tissue or TP in the bush have done for years, I have noticed on my oldest scope a leupold 2x7 (35 years old) it does have slight scratching that doesn't seem to have affected it much and have used TP on it a lot over the years. As Gibo said it's more the crap on the lens that scratches than the TP.
If you are worried about the effects of TP on the lenses rather than wipe them just dab the lenses to soak up any water. Also I think it takes a long time to see the effects of wiping the lenses with TP.

Experience not google, fuck me drunk

Don't use PNG toilet paper. Single ply sandpaper. After one week i was almost red raw! Then I had 3 weeks to go haha

Originally Posted by Gibo

Nice try and that was cool to watch but it just says dont, not why not

Because it's got scratchy stuff in it.

A small piece of chamois is really good because you can squeeze it out and it still absorbs water when wet it doesn't just smear it around. I personally use tissues for my eyes tp for my bum and lens cloth for lenses but that's just me. I agree that it's not a good idea to rub a lens with anything unless you've washed grit and grease off first.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

Because it's got scratchy stuff in it.

Maybe because the companies making the lenses do not make and sell tissues? They do however make fancy cloths for the lenses for a lot more cost to you.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Maybe because the companies making the lenses do not make and sell tissues? They do however make fancy cloths for the lenses for a lot more cost to you.

I don't think I have ever brought a fancy cloth. Every time you buy optics or glasses you get a free one. I have a pile of about 20 in my hunting gear that I use and then wash regularly.

But if wiping it with TP make you happy and you don't believe the great google then carry on.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

I don't think I have ever brought a fancy cloth. Every time you buy optics or glasses you get a free one. I have a pile of about 20 in my hunting gear that I use and then wash regularly.

But if wiping it with TP make you happy and you don't believe the great google then carry on.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

I don't think I have ever brought a fancy cloth. Every time you buy optics or glasses you get a free one. I have a pile of about 20 in my hunting gear that I use and then wash regularly.

But if wiping it with TP make you happy and you don't believe the great google then carry on.

The cost of the cloth is built into the overall price

Only wet weather prep I do is, when cleaning, oil the barrel inside and out when putting it in the safe then when going for a walk run a pull-through
Stainless barrel is good to go and just wipe blue barrel with an oiled patch when heading out the door

When cleaning rifle I use a lens pen and keep one in gun bag
Flip up caps to keep debris out which is worse when wet
Tried bicycle inner tube once but did not know about a white powder on the inside till looking through and had nothing to clean with
Dabbing with toilet paper clears enough to see

Bog roll is the universal wipe, be it your arse or your lenses. I prefer Cotton Soft for mine what about you @Gibo bugdet single ply? Sounds like you're tight enough to get by without wiping your orifice

Originally Posted by Mathias

Bog roll is the universal wipe, be it your arse or your lenses. I prefer Cotton Soft for mine what about you @Gibo bugdet single ply? Sounds like you're tight enough to get by without wiping your orifice

That's the pussy stuff.

Get into this shit mate, no more brown skids, just red

Originally Posted by Gibo

The cost of the cloth is built into the overall price

So free then as in "free education". When you buy a $600 pair of glasses they throw in a "free" 20c cloth.