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Lawrence
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 09:22 pm: | 
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I have a few pretty clean Nikon SLRs and would like to have them "shine." They are either black or chrome. What cleansers and polish would you use to make the finish as new looking as possible including the leatherette? |
Glenn Middleton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 06:03 pm: |
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For what it is worth I use the following cleaning method:-
Remove visible ingrained dirt/grease by the careful use of wooden cocktail sticks and a dry tooth brush. A business card or piece of suitable paper is useful in removing dirt from under dials, between focus ring and lens barrel or aperture rings etc.
Wipe over with a very slightly dampened cotton tea towel - I find the slightly rough surface 'lifts' the dirt better than anything else.
An application of the smallest quantity of a product called 'Renaissance Wax' is then applied and polished off. A very soft brush is used in the initial polishing stage.
'Renaissance Wax' is a microcrystalline wax polish that leaves a non sticky and non slip surface, that exhibits a nice 'sheen' rather than a shine. It's best point, as far as I am concerned is that its use prevents finger marks appearing. Many museums use it to protect leather bindings, metal objects, wood etc.
I must point out that I only carry out the above when I add used items to the collection. From then on, an occasional wipe suffices. |
don
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 25, 2005 - 09:30 pm: |
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metal- flitz cloth
plastic- "Back to Black"
leatherette- mild detergent
glass- alcohol
leather- Lexol
follow above instructions-
btw- I have an old Balda camera,probably from the 30's. The previous owner Varnished the entire thing-leather and metal,It's in really nice shape-it even has minimal "Zeiss bumps"- go figure-lol |
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