Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:20 PM 3/22/2000 EST, Disfromage@aol.com wrote: >My understanding is that Vulcanite is (was?) a petroleum based product that >is put on with a mold under heat and pressure while it cures. Not a DIY >project. We're stuck with leatherette. "Stuck"? Vulcanite dries out and starts breaking off after five to ten years. It is an industrial miracle that those of us with older LTM Leicas still have any covering left on our cameras, at all! The leatherette is supposed to last a heck of a lot longer, and should. The problem, perhaps, is that the leatherette isn't available in an identical pattern to the older Vulcanite. (And, no, real leather isn't a decent answer, either, else you'd end up with 'Zeiss Zits'.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!