Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The website has an "ordering" link. They will sell direct if there aren't retailers in your area selling it. I buy from West Marine, a boating retailer. I get the aerosol can. It sprays "wet" but drys to a waxy film. I don't find it that obvious after it dries. Someone else mentioned it is used on bicycle chains and I am sure some bicycle shops carry the product. It's not all that toxic, the only thing mentioned on the can is petroleum spirits, don't drink it and you should be fine. Dennis Bill Satterfield wrote: > Where can you get it? Is it a dry lubricant? > > Dennis Painter wrote: > > >I used Boeshield T-9 on a similar tripod. I have used T-9 in several > >applications and it works great. > > > >Disassemble and clean everything then coat all sliding surfaces with > >Boeshield. The product leaves a waxy film that doesn't attract dust like most > >lubricants. > > > >http://www.boeshield.com/index.htm > > > >Dennis > > > >Robert Beaudoin wrote: > > > >>Bonsoir, > >> > >> So it was saturday morning, 8:30, as usual I was going to roam my way > >>through the garage sales in Notre Dame de Graces in search of the elusive > >>$50.00 mint black paint MP with Leicavit and 50mm 1.2 lens. As usual it > >>did not turn up. However I did purchase a very nice all metal Davidson > >>Star D tripod at an attractive price. Also included were 2 ballheads > >>(1/4 and 3/8). One is of the Prazision brand, the other is engraved H.B > >>FRANCE. Now the reason the gentleman was selling these at such a price > >>was that the items were in an incredibly dirty condition. No damage was > >>done but they must have spent decades in a basement. I have started to > >>clean the thing and it s beginning to look really cool. Since this > >>tripod spent so much time in a basement, the greases have solidified and > >>the various levers and buttons (remember, this is an all metal thing) are > >>hard to work. I plan to make the tuning up of this tripod a project for > >>the coming automn, it needs to be disassembled and re-lubed. So, > >>knowledgeable folks of the LUG, what are the pitfalls to avoid when > >>disassembling such a thing? Is it worth the trouble? What kind of > >>lubricant ought to be used? Any advice most welcome. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Robert (Un chevalier sans blason) > >> > > > >-- > >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html