Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Javier, I once repaired (while I was an impoverished student) the shutter of a Leica with a small piece of aluinium foil and a slightly larger piece of masking tape. This held perfectly well for several years, indeed, till I sold it. The foil could be a 1/4" square and the tape patch maybe 1/2" square. Of course if you have lots of pinholes its a different matter. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Javier Perez [SMTP:japho@cunyvm.cuny.edu] Sent: 20 January 2000 05:42 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Rubber paint for coating old coating shutters Hi I'm about to buy some sort of flat black rubber paint used on patios to recoat some pinholed shutters on several old cameras, including an S&M Leica or 2. I guess that if I thin it out it should work. Does anybody know if this is the right stuff to use? Is there righter stuff out there? I'de rather not learn from experience. My only other option is to buy curtain material but I'de rather avoid that until the last possible moment since I can't sew worth crap. Also, ever since I was little I've had trouble getting the curtains absolutely parallel and not climbing on each other. Even if I measured the length of shutter tape and made it equal to the length of curtain on the other side, jig or no jig. Any ideas are greatly appreciated Javier