Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/11

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Subject: Re: Cleaning chromium bodies
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:35:58 -0800

Try the least caustic solution first.... plain cooling oil (Wesson)
Put a bit of oil on a cloth, rub sticky stuff.  It usually works for me,
dependent upon sticky stuff.
To clean oil, use plain soap and water.  Again small amounts....remember
you do not own a Leic-onos.  Do not soak.

I cleaned an M3 of all kinds of dirt and  gunk by using Windex for glass
and surfaces.... clear liquid.
No effect on any paint.  Cleaned up real nice.

Thank You
Frank Filippone
red735i@worldnet.att.net

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From: Claes Bjerner <claes.bjerner@pi.se>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Cleaning chromium bodies
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 1997 12:31 PM

How do one remove residues of old sticky tapes on chrome bodies - without
causing too much damage? My M6 manual recommends "a soft cloth completely
free from foreign matter", but I´m afraid it takes at least a little bit of
foreign matter to make my dirty M3s nice and shiny.

Claes
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