How do you clean your equipment after a night at the dirt track?

[steelerdirtfreak]

For anyone that has shot auto racing at a dirt track - how do you clean your equipment after a night at the track. Especially when it has been a long and dusty night?

Is there any sort of routine you follow to make sure everything is as clean as you can get it?

I've been having what I think is a hard time trying to get the camera and lens cleaned up, so just wondering what anyone else does in regards to this.

Thanks for any input!

[SmartWombat]

Clean the outside first
Blower on the lens, if needed, Pec pad and eclipse solution.

I have a microfibre towel that is great at picking off the body dust.
Then air blower for the nooks and crannies.
If necessary, a damp (not wet!) corner of the towel removing stubborn spots.

Only after all that do I take offf the lens, put a body cap on the camera, and clean up the rear of the lens. Then put the lens rear cap on.

Sensor cleaning, blow out the body first NOT with canned air but a hand blower.
Test shoot at f32 of the white laptop monitor (open up notepad or something)
If still dirty, sensor clean and blow again.
Test.
If still dirty, I use SensorBrush from Visible Dust.
Test.
If still dirty I use Eclipse, Pec Pad, and SensorSwipe from Visible Dust.
Test.
If still dirty, SensorSwipe again.
Test.
Give up
Maybe it's time it went to Canon for sensor cleaning...

[JSPhoto]

I clean the gear before ANY job. Normally it is just a quick wipe down inside and out for both bodies and lenses. I usually do the lenses first then the bodies.

Wipedown body & lens before emoving lens.
Clean the filter ( Hoya UV(0) inside and out, the front element is next.
Body is always kept with the lens mount Down to keep dust from getting in.
Normally internally I only have to use the bulb to blow off the morrior

I rarely have dirt on the IR Filter (aka sensor), even when changing lenses at dirt tracks.....always keep the body down to avoid dust during lens change. And make sure the lens is clean before putting it on.

You don't actually get anything on the sensor, but the IR filter!

JS