Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>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 > > Ketones are far less reactive than alcohols on metal. Alcohols have a similiar functionality to water. Acetone is the safer of the two. An ether would be my choice. Regards, Ben W. Holmes Boulder, CO USA bholmes@frii.com