Fitting real leather can be delicate since it stretches and the direction of
the stretch varies depending on the position the pattern was place in
cutting the leather. On the other hand, slight errors in attachment can be
massaged by the ability of leather to stretch and or compress as needed to
some degree.
A little heat can also smooth out wrinkles, but careful or you toast the
camera!
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Darling <cosmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; M. Royer <royer007@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Custom OM leathers (followup)
> I purchased the regular leatherette covers for my E#ay deal OM-2. Its
easy
> to peel the old covers off and wipe the bare metal down with denatured
> alcohol or rubbing alcohol to get ALL residual stikyness off. Just don't
> slop too much liquid onto the camera body. I was able to reposition one
of
> the pieces after applying it with no problem. I can't speak for the real
> leather, but the leatherette was a breeze to work with.
>
> Mike
>
>
> on 10/23/01 11:07 PM, M. Royer at royer007@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Ok it seems the answer to my question is a definite
> > yes, which is good :) Now I have a somewhat different
> > question. It appears that Mr. Sparks has made it as
> > easy as possible to "do it yourself" but even so is it
> > easy to put the covers? and to take off and clean the
> > old covers. If you mess up slightly (such as doing a
> > slight misalignment or getting a crease) is it easy to
> > fix? Thank you for your answers. The natural cobra
> > skin for chrome and fine grey lizard skin for black
> > look very very impressive.
> >
> > Mark Lloyd
>
>
>
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