I picked up a 12&20 a few months ago. It's in pretty good shape, but the bellows were shot. It was windy and cold the day I pulled the frames off back in January. I sent them off to Western Bellows in February, and put the camera away until I had more free time to clean it up. It's collected a lot of dirt/dust in it's idle time before I acquired it. It's now on the far side of April, and I've still not cleaned it up yet. The bellows came back last week and are ready to be installed.
The wood doesn't need to be refinished, as I said, it's in really good shape considering its age. I would like to clean it up with something... maybe murphy soap, and follow up with linseed oil, tung oil, etc. Has anyone worked with maintaining (not refinishing) an existing finish on a Folmer & Schwing?
For anyone who has had successful results: Can you offer any tips?
Thanks.
Chris
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