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

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Subject: Re: Cleaning chromium bodies
From: "Charles E. Dunlap" <cdunlap@rupture.ucsc.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:14:47 -0800

>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=B4m afraid it takes at least a little bit
>of foreign matter to make my dirty M3s nice and shiny.
>
>Claes

A bit of ethanol or methanol should work fine. It takes a solvent to remove
sticky residue. Clean alcohol is less harsh than acetone. The acetone in
nail polish remover is dilute enough to be reasonably safe, but the perfume
and glycerin might leave residue.

- -Charlie