Dear Tim,
have you considered something a bit more cohesive like poly-urethane?
You can buy this in thin sheets in various colours (I think black might
work for you :-)) and then cut it into strips which you can then glue in
place. Less fuzziness than felt and less dust than foam rubber?
It's fairly flexible and does not stiffen with cold temperatures, so it
might be good.
Love,
Snoopy
On 13/07/2020 17:01, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
Anyone who has ever done a re-seal job on an older camera=============================================================================================================
can vouch for what a Big Sloppy Mess it is.
Generally, replacing them isn't a big deal - it's the cleanup
that is a real pain.
The one replacement that _is_ miserable are the back door seals.
These are typically long and thin. Getting the self-adhesive
foam in there with the foam side down it a frustrating and
repetitive procedure.
There used to be someone who sold compression foam for this exact
purpose - i.e., It had no adhesive at all but relied on compression
to do the job. I can no longer find a source for this material.
So, last night I tried do this with felt and it worked very nicely.
Once the door had been close on it for a while, the felt compressed
into the back door channels, and I just had to blow out some minor
wisps of material with compressed air.
I'm told that black yarn was used in the original Nikon Fs and this
is also a viable option.
These seals aren't really to prevent light leaks, they're there to
minimize dust in the film chamber, so we'll see how this works.
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