Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Margus thanks a lot for your solution. Since I did not join a single lesson in chemistry, in fact, do not understand anything about molybden isulphide oil, is there a more common name for that seldom fluid ;-) A good start would be your local hardware store. Look for a

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

keithw wrote: Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Margus thanks a lot for your solution. Since I did not join a single lesson in chemistry, in fact, do not understand anything about molybden isulphide oil, is there a more common name for that seldom fluid ;-) A good start would be your local hardware

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Cotty, you are a sick man... Cotty wrote: On 14/8/05, Markus Maurer, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi Bill I will buy gloves tomorrow and try your recommendation. thanks! Markus Elbow length gloves work better. Get good quality rubber. Black's nice. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

other on old cameras. Some threads may have been not moved for tens of years... BR, Margus William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: How-to separate 2 stuck filters Hi Pentaxians I have two 55mm filters stuck together and would like to ask

RE: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

guess) ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Margus Männik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:18 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters Hi, gloves plus a tiny drop of MoS2 (molybden disulphide) oil works wonders. Put

How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Hi Pentaxians I have two 55mm filters stuck together and would like to ask for an advice to separate them. I can not hold each of them easily to turn them because of the little ring area, is there anything I can do without damaging one of the filters? greetings Markus

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

- Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: How-to separate 2 stuck filters Hi Pentaxians I have two 55mm filters stuck together and would like to ask for an advice to separate them. I can not hold each of them easily to turn them because of the little ring area

RE: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Hi Bill I will buy gloves tomorrow and try your recommendation. thanks! Markus -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:58 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters - Original Message

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

At 01:58 PM 8/14/2005, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: How-to separate 2 stuck filters Hi Pentaxians I have two 55mm filters stuck together and would like to ask for an advice to separate them. I can not hold each of them easily to turn them

RE: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

You can also try tying a piece of string tightly around one of them and using the leverage to twist it off the other. Amita

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

There exists small plastic filter wrenches. They are little split ring devices with handles sticking out and take up almost no room in the bag. They come in a variety of sizes and each one fits a small range of filter sizes. I own 4 which covers most all my filter sizes. I've used them several

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

This is what I use. Paste together in your browser... http://cgi.ebay.com/Lense-Filter-Wrench-2-pack-for-46-60-MM-filters-NEW_W0QQitemZ7537846308QQcategoryZ79000QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Regards, Bob... - The art of

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

! Markus -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:58 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Put on a pair of rubber gloves (dishwashing latex gloves will work). Sandwich the two filters in the palms of your hands and twist them apart. William Robb Thanks, Bill. You solved my problem. Lewis _ Don’t just search. Find.

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

On 14/8/05, Markus Maurer, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi Bill I will buy gloves tomorrow and try your recommendation. thanks! Markus Elbow length gloves work better. Get good quality rubber. Black's nice. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

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Hi Cotty I will buy gloves tomorrow and *not* try the things your where probably be thinking about when you wrote that ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:59 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: How-to separate 2

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

Cotty wrote: On 14/8/05, Markus Maurer, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi Bill I will buy gloves tomorrow and try your recommendation. thanks! Markus Elbow length gloves work better. Get good quality rubber. Black's nice. Cheers, Cotty Then a set of glossy black knee length patent

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

This is what I use. Paste together in your browser... http://cgi.ebay.com/Lense-Filter-Wrench-2-pack-for-46-60-MM-filters-NEW_W0QQitemZ7537846308QQcategoryZ79000QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Regards, Bob... -- Bob, thanks very much. I have a 77 mm. thin Heliopan polarizer

Re: How-to separate 2 stuck filters

This is what I use. Paste together in your browser... http://cgi.ebay.com/Lense-Filter-Wrench-2-pack-for-46-60-MM-filters-NEW_W0QQitemZ7537846308QQcategoryZ79000QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Regards, Bob... -- P.S. These are 3.95-4.95 at BH. That eBay price is too high. Joe

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On 8/14/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elbow length gloves work better. Get good quality rubber. Black's nice. Yes. The shinier, the better. -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson