Conditioning bellows

[Duane Polcou]

Greetings all. Two quick questions.

1. I recently purchased a field camera with a leather bellows that is slightly moldly and slightly stiff from lack of use. What is a good all around leather conditioner/cleaner to clean and restore the bellows?

2.Does anyone know of a person/company that will replace the foam sections (the strips of foam used to render sections of the camera light tight). I know J Albert and Co, used to do this, but I could not find them listed anywhere. Thanks.

[Mark Sampson]

Lexol, or better, Gliptone, willl work for the bellows. Neat's-foot oil is likely to dissolve the glue that holds the bellows together. Saddle soap is for dirty equestrian tack.
I think Micro-tools dotcom has foam available- I've used a product called "Goo-gone" to dissolve rotted foam on cameras.