[rollei_list] Re: Care of the Rolleiflex covering - Lexol
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:20:43 -0700
Eric,
Do you want me to give you a lesson in Isoprene technology?
Before I do, Armorall is not for leather. but is the best product
for rubber, natural or synthetic. It also works well on vinyls.
Leather crafters should know that Armorall is NOT for leather.
so WTF use it?
Jerry
Eric Goldstein wrote:
> I have used Lexol cleaner on fine shoe leather, purses, gloves and
> camera leather. It is used by most of the leather smiths I know. It is
> mild and the worst you might expect is that it might darken light
> leathers (as the conditioner might), but this does not apply to us. I
> won't trust any other cleaner, but many say a dilute non-petroleum
> based oil soap and water is an excellent leather cleaner
>
> Someone mentioned Armoral for leatherette or vulcanite... personally I
> won't trust it. I've heard from several leather smiths that Armoral
> products are junk. Most mainstream products such as Meguire, Armoral,
> and even those from Coach and Mark Cross (now defunct) contain
> silicone, which is not advisable. Let us know how you like the Lexol.
>
> Glue... yes. Goodness only knows what any moisture will do to 50 year
> old adhesives or shellac.
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> --
>
> On 7/16/06, Jeffery Smith <jls@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks, Eric. I've never seen this site, but it is just the type of thing I
> > was thinking of. While I was in several stores today poring over all of the
> > labels on Meguire Leather Cleaner, Turtle Wax Leather Cleaner, Simoniz
> > Leather Cleaner, and Armoral Leather Cleaner, I started thinking that some
> > of these cleaners might turn the camera leather to soft, fluffy glove
> > leather (not good). Worse yet, they might dissolve the 52-year-old glue
> > holding the leather to the camera. Some of the paranoia probably came from
> > my buying a new, red FED rangefinder with all of its vinyl covering being
> > held on only by screws (the Russians need to start stealing some of our
> > classified glue technology). ;-)
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Goldstein
> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:41 PM
> > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Care of the Rolleiflex covering - Lexol
> >
> >
> > Jeffery -
> >
> > http://www.cameraleather.com/rolleitlr/
> >
> > Todd Belcher may also have original covering materials for these cameras...
> >
> > Eric Goldstein
> >
> > --
> >
> > On 7/16/06, Jeffery Smith <jls@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > It took some looking, but I finally found a bottle of Lexol in a Pep
> > > Boys in Kenner, LA. There was none to be found at WalMart or Kmart.
> > > Kmart had no leather care products at all other than shoe polish, not
> > > even in the auto supply area.
> > >
> > > I don't need it, but was wondering if there are any aftermarket
> > > "leather" kits for restoring old Rolleiflexes. Like pre-cut leather or
> > > vinyl that you can glue on where the old leather was. Several years
> > > ago, I remember seeing a guy on the Internet who had some of that kind
> > > of stuff for rangefinders. There are a LOT of "ugly" Rolleiflexes on
> > > E-*** and at KEH. While I've seen a lot of ugly Leica M2's and M3's
> > > that work perfectly, I've always shyed away from beater Rolleiflexes.
> > >
> > > Sorry about all of the questions, guys. I'm really more of a 35mm
> > > person (although I've had two Yashica TLR's and one Mamiya C330). I
> > > saw my first Rolleiflex in Nelson Camera back in 1966 (I think it had
> > > "Honeywell" on it, like my first Pentax from Nelson Photo), and had
> > > always wanted one. It has taken me a while to get around to getting
> > > one ($400 seemed like a lot of money in 1966). I am finding that it
> > > completely changes the way I *look for* subjects compared to shooting
> > > rangefinders.
> > >
> > > Jeffery Smith
> > > New Orleans, LA
> > > http://www.400tx.com
> > > http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> > >
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