Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net> wrote: >I just purchased a M5 and the covering looks almost new. I just want to keep it that way. Looks like lemon oil will leave an oily surface- something I do not want. I apply the stuff, leave it on overnight, then wipe the vulcanite dry using soft kitchen tissue. The vulcanite rapidly returns to its normal appearance, and the camera does not feel oily. Vulcanite is a very hard and brittle plastic-type material, so I'd imagine it absorbs only the tiniest amount of the lemon oil. Whether applying lemon oil actually achieves anything is hard to say until a few more decades have gone by, but Leica UK once told me that cameras which are used are less prone to "vulcanite disease" than those which are not. If they're right, it's possible that the vulcanite on cameras which are regularly used is absorbing moisture or natural oils from the user's fingers. So the lemon oil may have a similar effect. Regards, Doug Richardson