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Hello how is everyone doing today? I had recently got a Pentax K1000 that from a friend and he tested it and everything works and even showed me the scans from the pictures he recently took with it. When he gave it to me I decide to clean it so l first hit with a 72% alcohol wipe which I've heard is bad for the paint then I decide to dampen a cotton swab and put some hand soap on it and clean the body like that than follow up with a damp microfiber towel like the fuzzy one to get the soap off than wiped it dry it with a microfiber Cloth and I also wiped the viewfinder area with that damp fuzzy towel. Now I am really scared that I got soap trapped underneath the film advance lever and when I was cleaning the back of the lens the fibers on the towel were catching on the lens parts like those little metal parts that stick out so I'm scared they got damaged but I think they did not and same thing with the lens mount area the microfiber towel was catching on. And I also heard cleaning the viewfinder with water is bad. And also I clean the area of the light seals. So then after I got really paranoid and I kept wiping everything with a microfiber cloth and drying underneath the film advanced leaver with a rocket duster and a blow dryer on cold mode. I even called a store and he said that he can check it out but a full diagnose like to open the top would be 50 bucks but he can open the bottom. I don't think anything is wrong because I didn't dampen the cotton swab to the point it was just leaking water and I tested it again and the lever didn't sound weird and I dried it up a lot and even have a silica gel packet it in it I also live in California it is pretty dry out here. What do you guys think and should I clean with next time? thank you so much?