Made a dry run of the in-situ cleaning for a 3inch optic.
Attachment 1: The Al dummy mass is clamped in the suspension cage.
Attachment 2: The front surface was painted. The nominal brush with the FC bottle was used.
Attachment 3: Zoom in of the front surface.
Attachment 4: The back surface was painted.
Attachment 5: The back surface was peeled.
Attachment 6: The front surface was peeled too.
Attachment 7: The peeled layers.
Findings:
1. To paint a thick layer (particlarly on the rim) is the key to peel it nicely.
2. It was helpful for easier peeling to have mutiple peek tabs. Two tabs were sufficient for ~1" circle.
3. The nominal brush with the bottle was OK although one has to apply the liquid many times to cover such a large area. A larger brush may cause dripping.
4. The nominal brush was sufficiently long once the OSEMs are removed. In any case it is better to remove the OSEMs. |