RE: Cleaning Shutter Systems

[P3D Paul A. Lehman <PALEHMAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have cleaned my Kodak shutter system, and other shutters from a variety of antique 
cameras using tri-chloro ethane and a sonicator bath. As I work in a research 
laboratory, these items are readily available to me. This solvent may be difficult to 
be obtained by the public. Tri-chloro ethane is one of the prefered solvents for 
cleaning mass spectrometers, which need to be super clean (and especially free of 
oils) for use in molecular analysis. Once out of the solvent, the shutter fails to 
operate until it has completely dried! After that, it works perfectly. When I feel 
that lubrication may be necessary, I have been using the newer Teflon based 
lubricants where the vehicle evaporates after application. Although I have only a 
short history of experience with these lubricants, to date there have been no 
problems.

Paul A. Lehman
PALEHMAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Little Rock, AR (However, a Pacific Northwesterner by birth and preference)

PS: Thank you George for the viewers received last month! An excellant product from 
an excellant provider! PAL




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