When my son and I raced toy cars, I used to remove superglued foam
tires from polycarbonate wheels by soaking them in acetone. Didn't
hurt the tires or wheels. But I have no idea if a camera's materials
are the same.
Paul
On Feb 15, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Acetone dissolves polycarbonate very nicely. One of =my= friends
discovered this many years ago.
Try this: Get some DEET-containing insect repellent. Immerse the
camera in it. The DEET will dissolve the camera, and leave the
superglue pellet behind. Remove the pellet. Consult a chemist
about precipitating the camera again from the DEET.
Easy!
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bob W <[email protected]>
Subject: A thought experiment involving acetone
To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 5:23 AM
Obviously nobody would be so stupid as to do a thing like
this, but let's
just suppose that you had a friend - yea, let's say a
friend, that's good -
who was a complete dork and accidentally dripped
cyanoacrylate superglue
onto the OK button at the back of his camera (it could,
theoretically
speaking and only in your imagination - this could never
happen in the real
world - be an Olympus E-1), such that the button became
jammed.
If said imaginary but stupid friend were to try and remove
the superglue
using acetone, what would (theoretically) be the effect on
the body seals
and possibly on the electronics, plastics, etc of this
non-existent but
theoretically possible camera?
In other words, this friend of Homeric dumbness - would he
be about to
destroy the rest of his camera if he were to take this
next, apparently
obvious (but he is stupid, remember), step?
Thanks,
Bob (Hey, don't look at me! You think I could be that
stupid?)
"Man will never be free until the last king is
strangled with the entrails
of the last priest"
--- Diderot
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