Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] How to treat and protect old M3 vulcanite?
From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:38:23 +0100

We'd talked a little around this subject a  while back.
Some used lemon tree oil, others didn't, recognising it's maleability in 
heat, it might be as well not to let it get too cold, dry and brittle.
Jem

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Gregoire Vandenschrick [SMTP:vandenschrick@geog.ucl.ac.be]
Sent:	29 September 2000 12:37
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	[Leica] How to treat and protect old M3 vulcanite?

I and my wife were wondering how we could treat and protect the Vulcanite 
of
the M3 I offered her in order to stop it crackling

Thank you for any advice

Best wishes

Gregoire Vandenschrick