P3D RE: PHOTO-3D digest 3525

["Trent L. Schindler" <tls246@xxxxxxx>]

Hi, all-

Recently I rewound a roll of Kodachrome 64 in my Realist, and discovered to
my horror that my previously spotless and gleaming take-up reel was now
covered with a thick coating of dusty white corrosion where the film leader
had made contact.  I had never had this problem before- has Kodak recently
changed the chemistry of Kodachrome such that it reacts with the metal on
the Realist?  A friend of mine just bought a (heavily used) Realist that had
the same corrosion when he received it.  What's going on here? How do I
clean this gunk off, and restore the finish?  Is my wonderful, snazzy camera
now doomed?

Trent Schindler

"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon
insufficient evidence." - W.K. Clifford