Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 22:36 01.05.1998 -0700, Frank Filippone wrote: >Usually [oil] works real nice, then cleanup the oil with a small >amount of soap and water..... Frank, take in mind, that Leitz suggested the protection of the metal parts by a very faint (and rubbed in) oil surface, which - somehow - is integrated in/between the metal molecules. I don't know, but maybe an alcaline water solution might weaken the metal's surface protection ? Alf - -------------------------------------------------- Alfred Breull http://members.aol.com/abreull/index.htm http://members.aol.com/mfformat/c-mf.htm