Re: bellows patching magic

Clyde Soles (csoles@rmi.net)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:45:54 -0700

>I've been using Duro Plastic Rubber for years. It is a wonderful, globby
>black goo that is somewhat hard to control. Seems to me I've cut it with
>turpentine. It works pretty well, but I'm really interested in that
>stuff Richard is using.

I used this to restore the bellows on a seventy year old banquet camera. It
does work well and dilutes with paint thinner. However I find that once dry
it is still rather tacky. This is a problem with a field camera that is
folded and the bellows is compressed; the folds stick together when
opening. Still it's a good temporary solution until I get around to
replacing the bellows (are there any commercial bellows that aren't ugly
plastic?).