contact cleaner

holty · 26 Oct 2014

what do you use to clean the contacts on your lens and camera ??

shaylou · 27 Oct 2014

I heard a pencil eraser works. If course keep the dust out of the camera.

andyred · 27 Oct 2014

As Shayne said, the little rubber on the end of a pencil seems to work a treat - make sure it's a good quality pencil / rubber - not one of those cheap nasty ones that don't really rub out and leave bits everywhere...

Cartus · 27 Oct 2014

I use isopropyl alcohol in the form of those little pre injection swabs, useful for lots of cleaning jobs (and when I cut myself shaving too!).

tiganut · 27 Oct 2014

Stabilant 22,or 22A is used in motorsport,not cheap,& even harder to get.

BBR · 27 Oct 2014

I use a cotton bud with some wd40 on it, then a dry one and then a soft brush and brush gently outwards. However this may be completely the wrong way to do it. It did however fix my D80 a few years ago.

Stuart M · 27 Oct 2014

WD-40 Specialist Fast Drying Contact Cleaner (sprayed onto a cotton bud). £7 for a 400ml aerosol on Amazon.

Note: this is not ordinary WD-40

BBR · 27 Oct 2014

Stuart M said:
WD-40 Specialist Fast Drying Contact Cleaner (sprayed onto a cotton bud). £7 for a 400ml aerosol on Amazon.

Note: this is not ordinary WD-40

What is wrong with using normal wd40 (genuine question, not doubting your advice)

cosmicma · 27 Oct 2014

i use switch cleaner sprayed into a lint free/micro fibre cloth
after all thats what switch cleaner is for ( cleaning contacts )

Cartus · 27 Oct 2014

BBR said:
What is wrong with using normal wd40 (genuine question, not doubting your advice)

I imagine it would leave a residue which would attract more dirt, whereas all the other recommended cleaners are alcohol based which evaporates quickly and leaves nothing behind.

Ulfric M Douglas · 27 Oct 2014

ToolStation do a cheap and decent contact cleaner for car electrics : tiny bit on a cotton bud is good.

Stuart M · 27 Oct 2014

Cartus said:
I imagine it would leave a residue which would attract more dirt, whereas all the other recommended cleaners are alcohol based which evaporates quickly and leaves nothing behind.

What Cartus said ^^^

Ozei · 28 Oct 2014

AF Isoclene is pretty good - it's been used by electronics engineers & technicians for decades.

http://www.af-net.com/products/surface/search-product-detail.html?pid=320

NB. Use with appropriate buds/wipes etc. (i.e. don't spray directly onto camera/lens contacts) and wait until all liquid has evaporated before reseating lens.

£3.50 from http://www.ebuyer.com/366815-af-isoclene-cleaning-spray-250ml-iso250

Swanseajack · 28 Oct 2014

IPA, it's designed for cleaning electrical contacts. The above post and link are for IPA based products.

holty · 29 Oct 2014

thanks guys