Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best way to remove the coating is NOT TO. Go on E-bay and find an old Summar with good glass, no fog etc. and stop down to F5.6 or so. Unless you are making wall murals, the results should more than please you. Kajabbi >-- Original Message -- >Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 01:57:06 +0000 >From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Removing lens coating >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > >Actually most of my friends not only reload their own ammo but also >roll their own smokes. Problem is the old coating has to come off >chemically >not through abrasion. The glass is probably so soft that any polishing >will scratch the daylights out of the glass as soon as it gets through >the hard >coat. >Javier > >Don Dory wrote: >> >> OK, then find someone in your neck of the woods that reloads their own >> ammunition. Most have a contraption to polish the hulls prior to reforming >> them to the right size. If you can take your lens apart, I bet that one >of >> those will remove your coating very quickly indeed. >> >> Don Dory >> dorysrus@mindspring.com >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html