John Kasaian
7-Mar-2012, 09:35
When I first got my 'dorff v-8 I read the maintenence article on the Deardorff Historical website and around my birthday every year I indulge my old gal with a "spa day."
After a over all good cleaning the gears get a wee bit of Lubriplate (the thick stuff) and wood to wood bearing surfaces and leather handle get a wipe of beeswax and the rest of the shell a coat of Butchers wax. The bright metal work gets wiped down and her bellows are made of a rain coat material so they just get wiped down with a damp cloth and allowed to air dry.
I like to keep most of my camera toiletries in a cigar box---a few old, well washed diapers, that tube of thick lubriplate, some beeswax candle stubs from a hospital chapel.
Anyway, thats going to be my "camera work" for this week. What annual maintenence do you give your camera? I'm open to any thoughts or suggestions as I figure my old gal deserves the best!
After a over all good cleaning the gears get a wee bit of Lubriplate (the thick stuff) and wood to wood bearing surfaces and leather handle get a wipe of beeswax and the rest of the shell a coat of Butchers wax. The bright metal work gets wiped down and her bellows are made of a rain coat material so they just get wiped down with a damp cloth and allowed to air dry.
I like to keep most of my camera toiletries in a cigar box---a few old, well washed diapers, that tube of thick lubriplate, some beeswax candle stubs from a hospital chapel.
Anyway, thats going to be my "camera work" for this week. What annual maintenence do you give your camera? I'm open to any thoughts or suggestions as I figure my old gal deserves the best!