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     Janek Tinkerer Username: Janek Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2006 Rating: N/A |
I am new to this forum and in fact I am not a camera collector but I am a user of an old camera. I have a wonderfull wooden 5x7 Century Grand dating back to abour 1905. The camera has new replacement bellows and is in a very good overall shape, wood and brass are excellent. It is self-casing camera and it has black leather outside covering. The leather is in fact not in ideal shape. It is pretty dry, stiff and brittle, also there is many wear marks on it. I tried Venetian Creme but it works only if I do not use the camera. After a day hiking and using the camera leather is again full of scratches. It seems that the leather itself or the finish layer needs some restoration. Would any of you have an idea how to deal with this sort of problems? regards, Janek |