How to clean exterior rubber rings on lens

photodad1photodad1 Registered Users Posts: 566 Major grins
edited March 26, 2013 in Accessories
The exterior rubber rings on my Canon 24-70mm lens have some white showing on them. How do you clean the rubber rings and make them black again?

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  • babowcbabowc Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2013
    I sometimes use water and Q-tips to gently wipe off.
    If it doesn't come off (i.e the rubber wore down), you could probably just replace the rubber.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,133 moderator
    edited March 23, 2013
    Do you mean the rubber control rings for focus and zoom?
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2013
    I know what you mean. And that white stuff....its mostly...well, uh....you. Its dirt, dust, sweat and body oils from your hands. Look carefully and you will see it more concentrated in certain parts of your lens. Yeah..yuck.

    You just have to clean it. I have found that basic rubbing alcohol and elbow grease works best. I use Zeiss Lens Wipes, because I have a metric crapton from a deal at Walmart, and they work well getting between the lines. I found alcohol works better than say soap and water (Windex didn't help much), and also using soapy water anywhere near my camera and lens just plain made me nervous.

    See photo below, which also shows a couple of clean rows. (I know, yuck)

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