Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:04:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Peterlin <peterlinj@yahoo.com> Subject: [Leica] Minor Cosmetic Cleaning of Leicas How would one (carefully) clean the leather of a IIIf? Is there any trick to this, or is it best to either leave it alone or pay for the CLA? Thanks. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Try to clean off any gross amounts of dirt with a moist cloth and then apply small amounts of lemon oil on a cotton ball several times and it should bring the finish back to almost like new. The lemon oil is the kind that is used for furniture. Jim Licquia