Good point. I started with self stick strips for the slots and quickly gave
up on them for the same reasons.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tom Scales <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Hans van Veluwen
<hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx>; Olympus mail list <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Foam replacement advice
| Quite some time ago (before John H. had posted his foam replacement
| instructions) I had bought a kit of replacement foam from micro-tools.
| Inertia had kept me from doing anything until two weeks ago when a
| friend brought me his Pentax ME suffering from severe light leaks. The
| foam was turning to sticky mush and the back had to be held closed with
| a piece of tape.
|
| I easily fixed the door by adjusting the catch mechanism and then went
| about replacing the foam. In the kit I bought all of the foam has an
| adhesive back. Don't make the same mistake. The adhesive back is fine
| for things other than the back seal channels... ie; the mirror pads and
| back end seal. When it came time to lay in the 2mm strips for the door
| seals I began to tear my hair out. The super sticky seal wants to
| attach itself to the sides of the channel as you're trying to lay it
| in. One must work extremely carefully and be prepared to do a lot of
| backing up and trying it over again.
|
| The first attempt was somewhat ugly and just didn't work since a test
| roll showed that there was still a small leak under bright light. So, I
| had to tear it all out and do it over. The second attempt is still
| slightly ugly (some of the foam is still partially stuck to the side of
| the channel instead of neatly on the bottom) but at least it is working.
|
| So, follow John H's advice and lay a thin bead of glue in the bottom of
| the channel and use non-adhesive backed foam. Now, if I could just find
| one of those needle nose glue applicators...
|
| Chuck Norcutt
| Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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|
| Tom asked and Hans replied:
| : I'm happy with one black boring version of each. My original XA's
| foam is
| : putty now. Anyone have suggestions on replacement? I thought I'd just
| get
| an
| : OM kit and cut it down. Does that make sense?
|
| No, better visit http://www.micro-tools.com/restore.htm and order the
| Lift
| Baffle Kit (LB-KIT). Make that two if you start collecting.
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