Problem-water inside of refractometer

[DPB]

Rained the entire time I was brewing. Refractometer was not registering, as the read outs were completely blurred. Has anyone experienced this before and if so is there anything special I can do to fix this aside from drying it out over a fan and hoping that's all that's wrong with it? Thanks.

 

[passedpawn]

Put in a Tupperware bin with some Damp Rid or other desiccant. Or, if you have nothing like that, some dry rice. If the water got in, it will get out.

Side story: My wife once picked up a pair of jeans in my daughters room, washed them, then found the ipod in the pocket. Daughter is pissed. Stove was still warm (not hot) that night, so I set the ipod on the rack. Next evening my wife calls me, apparently she preheated the oven for fries. Moral of the story: Much of an ipod will melt at 375F.

 

[ThreeSheetsBrewing]

Put in a Tupperware bin with some Damp Rid or other desiccant. Or, if you have nothing like that, some dry rice. If the water got in, it will get out.

Side story: My wife once picked up a pair of jeans in my daughters room, washed them, then found the ipod in the pocket. Daughter is pissed. Stove was still warm (not hot) that night, so I set the ipod on the rack. Next evening my wife calls me, apparently she preheated the oven for fries. Moral of the story: Much of an ipod will melt at 375F.

Heh. My sister-in-law was trying to sell her house. She got called by her agent that someone wanted to view the house in an hour. In her flury to clean she tossed a bunch of tupperware into the stove. Later she preheated to make dinner. Moral of this story: The house sold after she replaced her outdated oven.

 

[DPB]

Well, the rice worked getting rid of the moisture...now there is what appears to be water stains (not sure if that is a thing) making the refractometer difficult to read. Has anyone taken these things apart to clean them?

 

[goffx087]

I took mine completely apart just now, cleaned all the surfaces with windex and it looks brand new. I too stood my refractometer upright (eye piece on table) and got wort inside the lens. It was rather easy to take completely apart. Check out the photos.

I found that a can of compressed air was usefully for blowing off small dust particles that landed on the lenses after I had cleaned them.

Last thing -when I put it back together the blue line was slanted and I thought I had broken something but if you tighten the threaded junction furthest from your eye (where the rubber grip ends), you can straighten the line. Make sure to calibrate after this cleaning, mine was at 1.005 with DI

 

[goffx087]

Well, the rice worked getting rid of the moisture...now there is what appears to be water stains (not sure if that is a thing) making the refractometer difficult to read. Has anyone taken these things apart to clean them?

See my post. I just took mine completely apart and it looks perfect now