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Are you referring to "First Contact"?  It's a sort of polymer goo.  I first
saw it at Photonics West and picked up a bit to try around my lab for
cleaning really dirty mirrors.  It seems to work fairly well on things like
grease, fingerprints and dust.  It does have some glue-like properties when
it dries, but doesn't have a lot of hold strength (so you can peel it off
to clean the optic!) so may not work great as a glue.  On the other hand,
it may be just sticky enough to work as a temporary solution.  If you have
a large contact area I think it would hold fairly well.  Do note that it
doesn't play well with many plastics because of the solvents used to keep
the polymer liquid for the initial application...

Craig



On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Horn Thomas <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Hi Tobias,
> A colleague showed to me a polymer that is made to clean optical surfaces.
> It works like a glue: you pour it onto the surface, it polymerizes and then
> you peel it off like silicon with all the dirt and dust. So it should work
> temporarily like also as an adhesive to stick a mirror to another surface.
> The advantage is, its made for optics so it will not harm any coatings or
> delicate surface. See link below
> Best regards,
> Thomas
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> http://www.photoniccleaning.com/products/#original solutions
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> Subject: Re: Removable glue for optics
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> Three thoughts:
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> PVA blobs which can be peeled after setting or hot glue (stronger -harder
> to peel). Nail varnish  is good too. I've used all 3 but YMMV depending on
> area of contact etc.
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> HTH
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> Mark
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> On 25/06/2012, at 4:38 PM, Tobias Rose wrote:
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> > Dear all,
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> > I need to glue some glass optics onto anodized aluminum surfaces (edges
> of coated dichroic mirror surface and of a full reflective silver mirror).
> The problem is that I'd like to be able to remove the mirrors at some point
> without completely ruining their reflective surfaces and leaving too much
> residue on the glass and aluminum.
> > The glued parts are not in the optical path so the glue does not have to
> be transparent. Also the glue can be quite weak, just enough so that the
> mirrors don't fall off.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a nice glue for that?
> >
> > Best,
> > Tobias
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