I would bury the camera in the backyard. Leave it there for about two months. Then, if you still want an S1A, buy one on ebay for twenty bucks or so:-). Paul On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Peter wrote:
> 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.
