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Subject: [Leica] OT RE: R8 winder problem (Jim Hemenway)
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Wed Jul 26 19:07:48 2006
References: <000601c6b10b$6a5638f0$6601a8c0@asus930>

On men, women or camera parts?

Wild Turkey 101
Merlot or that stuff in a cobalt blue bottle
Isopropyl


Jim

G Hopkinson wrote:
> Jim which do you think yields the best results?
> You can get divided formulas, formulas based on particular grains, 
> specially
> aged and filtered concentrates, obscure classical types that you mix at 
> home
> from recipes found on the internet etc etc
> My recommendations:
> For easy use and no fuss, some of the barley based formulas with hops
> additives are satisfying, with those of German and Belgium origin praise
> worthy. I have never got excited regarding any of the American offerings
> (excepting some of the concentrates from Tennessee etc). Australia does 
> have
> a number of boutique producers that rival the European products for the
> barley based types. In general the European and Australian formulas for
> these are less diluted than those from USA.
> On the other hand France does have quite a number of excellent, though
> expensive grape based formulas.
> 
> Finally, for those important occasions, Scotland has the very best
> magnificent concentrates.
> 
> Cheers
> Hoppy 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:45:51 -0400
> From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 winder problem
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
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> I like alcohol, for many reasons.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Rick Dykstra wrote:
> 
>>Slobo, Jim,  while I love the cotton swap part, could I suggest that  
>>contact cleaning fluid be used instead of alcohol?  I used alcohol  for 
>>years and had years worth of problems with my R8 electrics.   Switched 
>>to CRC CO Contact Cleaner and hey presto, the camera works  like Solms 
>>intended.  The CO isn't for carbon monoxide.  :-)
>>
>>Please, give it a try.
>>
>>Rick.
>>
> 
> 
> 
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