[rollei_list] Re: Camera Leather
- From: jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:52:44 +0000
WD40 with a Q-Tip...... WD works for just about everything...
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From: dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Getting the leather off is pretty easy. Just start at a corner with some
> sort of semi sharp tool to get under the leather and slowly starting
> peeling it up. Just follow the least resistance and eventually you will
> get it all pulled off. The bare camera is a pretty cool sight to behold.
> Carefully clean old glue off if there is any. I used alcohol for that.
> I think that camera leather products come with adheasive on them. If not
> then I am sure many people will offer advice. I used a contact cement and
> just put the leather back on before the recommended drying time and it
> worked fine. I was told that if you let the contact cement dry to tacky
> as per instructions it will bond a little too well.
>
> I am not the greatest expert on this list and I am sure you will hear from
> others.
>
> Dennis
>
> > How does one get the old leather off, and what do you use to stick the new
> > leather on?
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 10:47 AM
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> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Camera Leather
> >
> >
> > Personally I would be very reluctant to send my Rollei in for that work.
> > I would much rather buy the kit and install it myself.
> >
> > I have never used their leather kits but I have replaced the leather on
> > the
> > back, top and winder side of my rollei. It isn't very difficult to do if
> > you have a well lit table to work at. The most difficult thing I have
> > found
> > so far is streching the leather around the black meter dial on the side of
> > the F. I was warned by Todd Belcher about the difficulty of replacing the
> > leather on the back as the leather needs to go in under the silver frame
> > around the exposure guide. However I went ahead and took the leather off
> > the back of my late model F and found that not to be true. The leather
> > just
> > fit tightly around the exposure guide. Perhaps on the earlier models like
> > your Es, fitting around that exposure guide is more difficult and needs to
> > be tucked in.
> >
> > I hope someday to be able to afford a second Rollei that I can cover in
> > black lizard skin.
> >
> > Dennis Purdy
> >
> >
> >
> >> While I would never be able to afford to have a Leica painted by
> >> Shintaro, getting a Rollei recovered by www.cameraleather.com is more
> >> within my means. I have two identical Xenotar 3.5E Rolleis, and have
> >> been thinking about having it recoved by them in BR Green.
> >> http://www.cameraleather.com/colors/BRgreen.htm
> >>
> >> Anyone ever send their Rollei TLR to these folks for re-covering?
> >>
> >> Jeffery Smith
> >> New Orleans, LA
> >> http://www.400tx.com
> >> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >>
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