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Got a 1972 Pentax Spotmatic dumped on me and the shutter was completely locked up
A cousin found their dad's old Spotmatic in a closet and asked if I could do anything with it. The shutter wouldn't fire at all, mirror was stuck up. Took me like 3 hours just to get the bottom plate off without stripping those tiny screws. Turned out the foam around the mirror box had turned into straight goo and glued everything in place. Cleaned it all off with some isopropyl and a q-tip, put in fresh light seals, and now it fires like new. Anyone else deal with a camera that sat for like 30 years and had the foam turn into literal sludge?
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david_rivera418d ago
Oh man, that gooey foam is the worst.
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luna89118d ago
Actually it's not just gooey foam, the real issue is when it traps air pockets underneath. I had a batch last summer where the foam looked totally fine on top but there was this weird rubbery layer underneath that just peeled right off. Felt like I was using some kind of cheap craft glue instead of actual foam. Did you ever get that or was yours more of a surface level mess?
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