Cleaning my X300, I’ll take is it carbon or damage for 100 Trebek

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So, I got around to it. Normally a wipe down and an eraser on the lens to clear the carbon. It doesn’t get babied and was looking like it could use a good cleaning. It lives on a glock 19. When I use boretech carbon remover and a white cloth nothing comes off making me think its not carbon but damage from the blast of rounds going off (just cosmetic). What say you?
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So, I got around to it. Normally a wipe down and an eraser on the lens to clear the carbon. It doesn’t get babied and was looking like it could use a good cleaning. It lives on a glock 19. When I use boretech carbon remover and a white cloth nothing comes off making me think its not carbon but damage from the blast of rounds going off (just cosmetic). What say you?
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I wouldn’t bother with it but squirt some CLR on a piece of cloth and wipe it off.

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Ide personally avoid any solvents, as they can seep their way in and damage the orings.

If I'm going to be doing a lot of range work, I'll take a small dab of pure silicone grease and wipe a bit on the lense, that way I can simply wipe off any carbon at the end of the day with a rag.
 
I’ve seen a lot of folks put stuff on the lens. A large white eraser like the one pictured in my post really cleans the lens and non baked on carbon really well. So much so I keep it in my cleaning kit. Also good to have other tricks up your sleeve