Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > > Isn't lemon oil a petroleum product? > > Dan C. Mmmm well, yes it is. Glad I use nothing on the vulcanite. I am assuming that mineral oil is really the main component of "lemon oil" Mineral oil does not have the solvent properties of so many petroleum cleansers though. My main concern is that some products would degrade the vulcanite over time. Maybe beeswax would be ok? never have given this a lot of thought ;) Dennis > > At 10:08 PM 10-04-00 -0700, Dennis Painter wrote: > >Jeffrey Peterlin wrote: > >> > >> How would one (carefully) clean the leather of a IIIf? > >> Is there any trick to this, or is it best to either > >> leave it alone or pay for the CLA? Thanks. > > > >I don't really clean mine but if I did I would go with the lemon oil > >mentioned here. I would stay away from any petroleum based produce. No > >real reason but I don't trust them to be 'kind' to the vulcanite. > > > >Vulcanite is a natural hard rubber product.