Stuck filter

No matter how loosely I put on my CP filter, after rotating it several times it becomes next to impossible to remove. Has anyone tried a thin application of either a silicone or clock oil on the threads to help keep it from binding?

I have never tried any type of oil on the threads mostly for fear of getting something on the lens.

Filters are fairly flimsy and when you try to grip it to remove it from the lens they bow. You need to keep equal pressure on all sides of the filter so it keeps its shape. I usually use a rubber-band or string and wrap it around the filter pulling it tight to loosen the filter, once it is loose you don't need to grip so tightly so the rubber-band is no longer needed.

I have used a piece of speaker wire twisted kind of like an oil filter wrench.

There are filter wrenches available. I have a pair. inexpensive, made of plastic.

Greg: I use a wide rubber band and keep it in the filter container so I always have it. Cheap and effective. >=))>

I use one of those round, thin rubbery thingamajigs you use to grip & open jar lids. I found it works great on filters as well. It's small & flat and takes no room in my bag.

Ive busted 2 CPs wrenching them off a lens. Now i simply dont tighten them completely.

Stick the lens in your freezer for several hours. The metal contracts at different rates and often I can loosen a stuck filter using one of those rubber jar opener things.


Kent in SD

You may want to try this: Buy a roll of Rubbermaid (or another brand) kitchen drawer liner, either the flat stuff or - what I prefer - the woven stuff made up of little connected bumpy squares. It's a grippy type of rubbery surface. It's about $3 USD. Put a piece of it on a flat surface, put your lens with stuck filter, vertically, filter end down, then use gentle force to press down on the lens as you twist counter-clockwise to loosen the filter. No guarantee this will work for you, but it has for me. BTW I would not put any lens in a freezer.