Canned air vs my lungs for sensor dust, lesson learned

I was in a rush cleaning a Sony A7III sensor last week and the canned air can was empty, so I tried blowing on it with my mouth like an idiot. Big mistake, spit droplets everywhere, made the dust situation 10x worse and left a weird residue streak. Took me 20 minutes with a sensor swab and fluid to fix what would've been a 2 minute job with the proper tool. Has anyone else done this or am I the only one who learned that lesson the hard way?

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keithyoung2h ago

20 minutes with a sensor swab" is wild, but honestly the spit streak on your sensor gave me actual chills just reading that. Bro, please tell me you didn't use the canned air after your mouth too.