Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] VULCANITE MAINTENANCE
From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 12:19:13 -0500
References: <B5385905.4E89%jbcollier@home.com>

Leica USA says to use Lexol. A leather specialist said Lexol crystalizes-
whatever that means and what its implications are I do not know. The thing
is I just purchased a M5 and the covering looks almost new. I just want to
keep it that way. Looks like lemon oil will leave an oily surface-
something I do not want.

John Collier wrote:

> Here is one from the archives:
> ------------------
>
> Bernard Delgado asked:
>
> > Are there ways to care for the leatherette or vulcanite covering on
> vintage
> > leicas BEFORE they start to crack & fall off?
>
> Back in 1997, Steve McWherter posted a message on CompuServe saying:
>
> "My M3 has a bit of the vulcanite missing on the back door.  I was at
> Leica today dropping the  camera off for a CLA and thought to ask the
> service manager about the problem -- She said that a little lemon oil,
> sparingly applied with a cloth, should keep the vulcanite from drying
> out."
>
> Last time I was in the USA, I bought a bottle of lemon oil (it's a
> dressing for wood furniture, not an essence of lemon used by
> aromatherapists!), and have applied that to my cameras about once or
> twice a year. My M2 had shed a patch of vulcanite in early 1997 (thus
> my interest in the topic), and I'd successfully glued it back into
> place. Since that date, I've been using lemon oil and have had no
> further problems. The advice given to Steve McWherter probably came
> from Leica USA - Leica UK say they have never heard of this trick.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Richardson
>
> -------------------------
>
> > From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
> >
> > What should I do to maintain the vulcanite on my M5 and  M3?
> >
> >

Replies: Reply from "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> (Re: [Leica] VULCANITE MAINTENANCE)
Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] VULCANITE MAINTENANCE)
In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> (Re: [Leica] VULCANITE MAINTENANCE)