Cleaning rear element (400mm)

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I have a 400mm 5.6 and I am having some difficulties cleaning the rear element. I regularly clean the front but I noticed the other day that there is quite a bit of dust/hair.. on the rear element. The problem is that its about 10cm into the lens. Is there an easy way to clean it, without spending money on some fancy cleaning tools?

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Make up a long swab using a thin piece of stick and a bit of lens cloth. Moisten it with lens cleaning fluid.
Make a 2nd swab up for drying & polishing.
Make sure the ends of the sticks under the swabs are well padded to prevent scratches.

Could be a lot of dust in the lens barrel in which case the problem will recur.
A blower may push dust into other internal places.
 
I can reach it no problem with a Lenspen although most of the time I just use a Rocket blower.
 
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