Finally caved and cleaned a lens with lighter fluid, wild how it worked

I've always been anti any solvent that didn't come in a fancy bottle, but last week a vintage 50mm got a stubborn haze that my usual stuff couldn't touch. A retired guy on another board swore by Zippo fluid so I tried it on a junker first, then the real lens. Took two passes and a ton of microfiber wipes but the haze is gone, no residue left at all. Anyone else use weird DIY fixes that actually beat the proper chemicals?

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the_sarah17d ago

Rubbing alcohol on fungus, swear by it.