> I suppose a last resort would be to strip the grip material off and > replace it, but I'd like to avoid doing that because it's in perfect > condition.
if it smells that bad it's not really in entirely, totally, tip-top, perfect condition, is it? Get your rifle down from over the fireplace, go out and shoot yourself some alligators, skin them and send the hides here: http://www.msparks.powerhostingusa.com/pentax/ -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter > Sent: 13 December 2007 23:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: How to deodorize old Pentax? > > Hi there! > > I have a Pentax S1A that I want to get overhauled and working again. > > Here's the thing though, I am trying to deodorize it first. The camera > has spent the last 30+ years inside it's case and the back of the > camera (curiously not the front) seems to have this strong sweetish > aroma coming from the black textured area that makes me dizzy. I have > let it sit in the open air for the last 2 months and nothing changed. > > I have tried dish soap, potassium hand soap, castile hand soap. No > luck. I've tried leaving it in a casserole container with baking soda > for several days, no luck either. > > I still have on my list to try: vinegar in a bowl in the container > overnight, paste of hydrogen perioxide mixed w/ sodium bicarbonate in > order to generate massive oxygen and scrub at it, zeolite overnight, > newspapers overnight, charcoal overnight, spray it with febreze > (cyclodextrins). > > I suppose a last resort would be to strip the grip material off and > replace it, but I'd like to avoid doing that because it's in perfect > condition. > > Advice appreciated. > > Thanks! > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
