Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Vulcanite
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:22:54 -0700

Throw the damn camera away before it completely enslaves you!!

John Collier

PS - Could you throw it my way? :-)

> From: Douglas Cooper <douglas@dysmedia.com>
> 
> This has me thinking, yet again:  *what should I put on the vulcanite to
> keep it from drying out?*  Someone long ago suggested Neatsfoot Oil, which
> was precisely the wrong advice, according to Ken Ruth at Bald Mountain:  it
> breeds bacteria, and can harm adhesives etc.  He thought high-grade vinyl
> cleaner bought at a car specialty place -- "Black Magic" and the like --
> would be just the thing.
> 
> Anyone here tried this?  Or some other formula?  I'm worried only because
> this M4 has vulcanite buckling up a bit on the back door, but it has yet to
> lose any patches.  I'm hoping I'll find something to make it settle down, or
> at least get supple enough that it won't chip off.
>