I like to use generic tissue with just a dab of rubbing compound applied. Really seems to get all that coating off the lens and leaves you with just a really highly polished piece of glass. YMMV.
Golly Trey, I'd never even considered the use of compounds on my tissues. Which one do you reccommend to peel the icky coatings off best. Brown tripoli, white rouge or red rouge? I have some left over Scotch Brite pads from a autobody project, do you think that they perhaps will cut through the gunk?
Forget about cleaning your lenses. The best way to go is to buy filters by the dozen and then sell them online when they get dirty.... Toilet paper gets really expensive in the long run especially the higrade 1.5x factor kind.
lens cleaning step by step:
1. Get 100% Potassium or Sodium(usually comes preserved in oil)
2. Take a sharp knife and cut needed amount of Sodium/Potassium
3. Rinse in hexanes(seperatory funnel works great if you have one)
4. Know with your hood on your lense pour water on top, the hood allows for more water
5. Place potassium/sodium on top of hood
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