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Re: [OM] replacing foam

Subject: Re: [OM] replacing foam
From: dcimbora@xxxxxx
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:11:58 -0800
thanks for the help joel.
-dan









>At 10:32 AM 1/13/1999 -0800, Dan you wrote:
>
>>what's the best solvent to remove the old foam around the back door, and
>
>Hi Dan,
>
>I just did this fairly recently using Goo Gone with a little denatured
>alcohol as a chaser.
>
>>what's the best adhesive for attaching the new foam?
>
>I use Pliobond. Like it, works well, and smells good (not).
>
>  any tips/tricks,
>>other than don't screw it up by spilling acetone inside the camera or
>>scraping the old foam out with a sharp object??
>
>I seem to have used a lot of toothpicks and cotton-tip swabs, of which I
>like the plastic stemmed kind because they can be flattened with pliers and
>fit into the foam groove.  Tape a piece of paper over the shutter opening
>to keep boogers out.
>
>>thanks,
>>dan
>>
>
>Good luck.
>
>Joel
>
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