Rollei lens hood

Hey does anyone know if you can take these apart to clean the rings? Thanks in advance

Filmandfile said:

Hey does anyone know if you can take these apart to clean the rings? Thanks in advance

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I don't think you can, but I'm not a 1200% sure on that. I don't think I'd try. You might take a shallow bowl and put a little naphtha/lighter fluid in it, just enough to cover the chrome ring and set the hood in it. Let it soak for a few hours and then take a tooth brush and scrub the inner rings. Do this several times until you're satisfied it's clean. When you are all done put the tooth brush back in your wife's side of the rack so she'll have a nice clean tooth brush for in the morning. She'll really thank you for that.

They are not supposed to come apart, and I agree with John.

Toothbrush and EtOH.

They do not come apart. A dry toothbrush should do it. I've had my lens hood since the 1990s and have never had to clean it.