I concur. Go with Jon's seal kit. Kiron Kid I would suggest you contact Jon Goodman (once known on ebay as Interslice). Jon sells some of the best light seal kits to be found anywhere... His email address is jgood21967@xxxxxxx Good Light! Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Speedy <speedgraphic@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: pure-silver <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, Jun 25, 2014 3:41 pm Subject: [pure-silver] Re: counter on Nikon FG not working I would suggest you contact Jon Goodman (once known on ebay as Interslice). Jon sells some of the best light seal kits to be found anywhere... His email address is jgood21967@xxxxxxx Good Light! Chuck > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:53:28 -0500 > From: tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: counter on Nikon FG not working > > On 06/25/2014 06:18 AM, Bob Younger wrote: > > Tim, > > I'm with Chuck. That was great, and well worth saving for that "someday." > > Thanks, > > Bob Younger > > > > Thanks guys. A few other points of clarification: > > - The price of seals for the FG is $16 on eBay, not $10. At that point, > it starts to become attractive to buy sheets of seal material and cut > your own. I did this because I've been doing several cameras a year. > You can buy a kit with multiple sheets of various thickness that you > cut to size as needed: > > http://www.micro-tools.com/store/P-LB-KIT/Light-Baffle-Kit--5-Sheets.aspx > > Microtools is also a really good source for other camera restoration > supplies > and tools. > > - When applying the new seal you have to watch because the adhesive is very > aggressive double-stick tape. One nice trick is to wet your finger > slightly and use it to moisten the exposed tape face. When you lay the > seal down, it gives you a few moments to move it around before the > moisture is absorbed/evaporates and the seal adheres permanently. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.