At 03:56 AM 6/10/2010, Richard Knoppow wrote: > If you meant the mirror a little dust won't hurt it. >However, you can blow it off with a hand syrenge or, with >some care, canned air. The mirror surfaces are not _that_ >delicate. Unless its in very poor condition or was not made >right the silvering will not flake off. Usually silvered >mirrors are coated with a lacquer to protect the silver from >oxidizing. RichardI do not believe that F&H laquered its mirrors prior to World War II. Every Prewar Rollei I have ever owned had no silvering left on the mirror.
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