[rollei_list] Re: Care of the Rolleiflex covering

  • From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:50:20 -0700

Jeffery,

Any product containing petroleum products is deadly to Vulcanite.  I recommend
Low-Gloss Armorall.

Any black wax product will transfer to your clothes. The best stuff for real
leather
is Leather Amore.

Jerry

Jeffery Smith wrote:

> When I posed the question of how to care for and preserve the vulcanite of a
> Leica M3, the LUGers seemed to aree on black shoe polish (or wax). Is that
> also the best thing to keep Rolleiflex TLR leather covering in good
> condition? The liquid, scuff-proof stuff, or the flat can black shoe Kiwi
> stuff?
>
> I have one 3.5 E Xenotar packed up security, ready to be sent to Harry
> Fleenor for new mirror and a Maxwell screen. I want to give my
> already-Maxwelled TLR a little TLC.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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