Graflock Back - Need Holp

[Johnny Reno]

I recently acquired a very nice Crown Graphic. I am familiar with these cameras but certainly not an expert. I need to replace the 2 strips of fabric where the film holder slides in. The fabric is worn out and parts of it are missing. There are substantial light leaks. The test film matches the spots of damaged fabric. The question is what do I replace the fabric with? Felt? Velvet? Would appreciate ideas from someone who knows. I want to keep this camera and want to fix it right. HELP!

[Dan Fromm]

Ask on www.graflex.org

[John Koehrer]

I've used velvet ribbon.

[Patrick13]

I've used velvet ribbon.

I just fixed up mine with a thin strip of velvet, too.

As for the spelling, since Graflex corp was notoriously terrible early on at confusing names it'll help future searches if you spell it "Graflok" with no 'C' to help search engines make sense of what you're looking for.