I just ordered some. My Rolleicord needs some attention. I hope this
will work well for it.
At 10:21 AM 7/17/2006, you wrote:
Eric, I read through the site long ago and agree that there is some conflicting information.
But I figured for $13, why not give it a shot....
With the $13 kit, you get a small tub of the plain stuff, a tin of black and a tin of brown. The colored stuff is in a tin the size of KIWI shoe polish and the plain stuff is in a larger plastic tub. There's a photo on the site.
Nothing can restore leather that has been neglected too long but I had great results with this company's stuff on my black MX-EVS body and the brown leather cases.
I used their non-colored stuff on the leather case's strap and it LOOKED much better but it was too far gone. I pulled on it with some force and it fell apart.
So, even if it can't perform miracles, at least it won't do more damage like most modern leather care products containing petroleum or solvents.
One important thing to think about with your cameras is that this company's antique leather restoration product is a thick PASTE vs. Lexol being a liquid.
You have to be careful not to saturate the camera leather with Lexol or other liquid products or you're going to get moisture or something worse into the mecanical bits. It seems to me that this thick paste pretty much eliminates that problem.
BTW, I have zero affiliation with this company. I simply found them via GOOGLE and had great results.
- Jeff Kelley -
Very interesting and thanks for the link. Much of the language on this site is very similar if not identical to the Lexol site!
I am a little sceptical of the claim these people make that their products can "restore" old stiff leather." Once fat-liquored leather has been neglected, lost it's oils and has dried out and stiffened, replenishing the oils will not "restore" it as most people (and conservation professionals) would defne the term. These folks acnowledge this on some of their content pages yet claim the opposite on others!
Eric Goldstein
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