Lightly trace the threads with a pencil (graphite)? Or get brass ring filters?
On Oct 27, 2010, at 9:35 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today I got caught out unexpectedly.
>
> A Hoya Circ-Pol filter got stuck on the end of my Zuiko 100/2 lens. I had not
> screwed it on hard. And after a lot of trying suddenly I found the 'sweet
> spot'
> and it came off as easy as pie.
>
> Seems to me it is not perfectly round and there is some metal-to-metal
> binding.
>
> So I thought to myself: "lubrication is what's needed here - not Epoxy, or
> one
> of those little grinders that Walt liked".
>
> And as I reached for the 3-in1-oil I thought - hang on a minute there; not so
> fast - won't even the smallest amount migrate to where it should not be?
>
> Maybe a smidgen of candle-wax?
>
> What say you all?
>
> Brian Swale.
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