Re: Fixing Spud bakelite

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> I have a Sputnik....one of the bakelite back doors
>> is not intact and you're likely to suffer from light leaks if you
>> use it.  Small parts of bakelite are missing.  You'd have to
>> reconstruct them.
>
>Any thoughts on the feasibility of doing this successfully?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Talbot

  Dr. T appears to be the expert on bakelite
repairs since he patches up all those cracked
Red Buttons. Whether the russian bakelite is
chemically the same is another question.

  I've heard that regular epoxy (not 5 minute)
works well. Haven't tried it.

Greg