....errrrr...ummmm.....plexiglass (lexan, acyrlic, etc).

Well, I give up.

I simply can't clean it.

Plan A:

Warm water flow (glass assembly removed from scanner) to remove oils followed by a rubdown with clean paper towels.

Result: light streaking

Plan B:

Alcohol flow, followed by drying with a paper towel.

Results: Streaks (not AS bad)

Plan C:

Rubdown with moistened alcohol towel, followed by buffing with a NEW lint free optical type microfiber rag.

Result: Lighter streaks (barely visible by tilting surface to light source) and minute dust particles throughout (lint free my ass).

I put the scanner back together, and it probably is "fine" but it ain't perfect.

Anyone know how to get plastic glass REALLY clean?

Novus

#1 I should say if you don't have any scratches. If you have light ones start with #2 then use #1 to finish.

#1 keeps the dust off too.

If you can take the plastic out to clean it, my suggestion is to go to a glass shop and have them cut a piece of real glass (not plexiglass, etc.) the same size and replace the old one. I’m pretty sure the optical qualities of glass are better than plastic, at least in the visible bandwidth, and it’s a lot easier to clean than plastic.

-JT

^thought of that, but there are strips of material bonded to the sheet (off the scanning area) that have something to do with calibration, etc.

You're not supposed to **** with them so I didn't think it would be cool to try to peel them off and reapply them to glass.

Plexus

Vinegar.

http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/plexus.html 

Great stuff for cleaning plexi aircraft windows.

Andy,,

Removing your Butt Crack imprint from your Scanner may difficult dur to your Diet,,,

wheel

^OK.......that is TOO weird.

I scanned my ass once.

It was hilarious. I sat at the picture grinning and chuckling for hours.

It was like two BIG hairy pillows with a sort of figure eight shaped hairy beanbag between them.

^

well maybe you should Manscape before Scanning next time..

wheel,

Andy,

ROR-I and kemwipes you can get them at a real camera shop.

That fails, PEC-12 but if your scanner "glass" is actually plastic, don't use it; as you might etch it.

^ He should probably Kemwipe himself also...

ha ha,

wheel,

#11.......you may THINK your ass and balls aren't hairy, but press them on a scanning glass and then see what you think.

BTW......you shave your ass?????

^ No,,,

But I have'nt ruined my Scanner ,,,,

lol

wheel,

Try rubbing a snuggie on it.

#12...

Are you saying to use "ROR" brand cleaner and THEN Kimwipes?

Will Kimwipes alone work?

RE #13

Actually, I spelled it incorrectly. It's Kimwipes. Anyway, it's a lint free, anti-static, non-scratching, highly-absorbent tissue not unlike lens cleaning tissue.

RE #17

No, ROR-I ("R"ediduial "O"il "R"emover - fuckall if I remember what the "I" stands for anymore ) comes in a pump-spray bottle.

Something like lens cleaning tissue, a new microfiber cloth or kimwipes will make best use of it, as they will net leave lint behind.

Oh snap.

I thought you were asking me, not cornwheelio.