Care
In this section we would like to explain how you can take care of your microscope and give you a few tips on cleaning.
Protect your | • | against moisture, vapours, acids, alkalis and caustic |
microscope |
| substances. |
| Never keep chemicals close to your microscope. | |
| • | against improper handling. |
| Never fit other equipment connectors or dismantle | |
| optical systems and mechanical parts unless the user | |
| manual gives express instructions for doing so. | |
| • against oil and grease. | |
| Never grease guides and mechanical parts. | |
Dust and dirt | • | Cover your microscope with its dust cover during |
impair your results. |
| breaks. |
Therefore: | • | Put dust covers over tube openings, eyepieces, |
and eyepiece tubes without eyepieces.
• Remove dust with a rubber blower and soft brush.
• Clean eyepieces and objectives with special optical cleaning cloths and pure alcohol.
• Keep accessories in a
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