Wetting agent

[Seevee]

Hi,
Looking for some sort of wetting agent that I can add to water to clean isenglass or similar. So, it dries without spots, and no need to wipe.
Is there such a product?


Years ago, we used products like that in the darkroom for cleaner negatives.

 

[Comodave]

I use Sumner 210 to clean and wax the eisenglass. We use baby diapers and only use them on the eisenglass. If they aren’t very dirty there isn’t a need to wash them first but you do stand a chance of scratching them if you don’t wash them first. It goes very quickly. I could do the entire bridge enclosure inside and outside in 45 minutes. Also helps protect the eisenglass and helps keep them clean. I get it on Amazon.

 

[HopCar]

I bet this would work. I used a lot of it when I was a photographer. It is used to prevent water spots on negatives.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/28195-REG/Kodak_1464510_Photo_Flo_200_Solution.html

Just read your last sentence. You are way ahead of me.

 

[FF]

https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B004Z1W0BC?reviewerType=all_reviews


Worked well for me.

 

[toocoys]

I bet this would work. I used a lot of it when I was a photographer. It is used to prevent water spots on negatives.

I'm still using this! I went digital in 2009 but it only last a few years. I still have a working darkroom and still shoot film.


There's also a wetting agent that is used in cyanotypes called "Tween 20". It's chemical name is Polysorbate 20, and it's available quite cheaply pretty much anywhere, and under a few different names.

 

[jleonard]

We used to use "210" plastic cleaner.

 

[BogCollector]

While I won't have a boat for 2 more days, the one I'm getting has a deionizer water system. The owner just sprays the boat down with it after a run. No spots. no scrubbing or wiping.

https://www.amazon.com/Go-Spotless-Portable-Dual-Deionizer/dp/B00KVPO21C