Cleaned a shutter with lighter fluid and it actually worked

I had a stuck blade on a 70s Pentax and figured I'd trash it anyway. Doused a q-tip in Ronsonol and wiped the gunk off - shutter snaps back every time now. Anyone else use weird solvents on old gear?

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kimreed5d ago

Lighter fluid is a gamble but it can work. Used it once on a sticky leaf shutter in an old Kodak and it freed things up. Just have to be careful not to let it soak into the lens glass, learned that the hard way once.

logan7055d ago

Hell yeah! I did the same thing on a 1960s Yashica that had a stuck aperture. Poured a little Zippo fluid on a rag and rubbed the blades down, worked like magic.

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