Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Send it to Sherry for a CLA and get the vulcanite replaced with what ever covering Leica is now using. You can ignore it and continue to use it. Continue to do what you are now doing. Personally, I would red label it to Sherry today, if i planned on keeping the lens till death do us part. "C.L.Zeni" wrote: > Group, > > Took delivery today of a chrome 135/4 Elmar. The glass is in superb shape > but the vulcanite is suffering a bit. A small patch is missing with > evidence of ACC (superglue) having been used around the edge of the missing > patch to secure the remaining vulcanite. The stuff is quite brittle and > lifting from other places on the lens. > > Ideas/suggestions as to how to keep the rest of it from coming > off? Several liberal applications of Neatsfoot oil/similar to try to get > it less brittle and hope for the best from there? > > Thanks! > > -- > Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com > http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html > http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html > > The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair grey > Met some people who knew me and called me friend > Ain't no sense in wantin' my life to live over > I'd find different ways to make those same mistakes again. > Tom T Hall