I wet the slot foam with a little denatured alcohol and let it sit for 3-5
minutes. Old foam scrapes out pretty easy then. A stronger solvent is not
called for. Acetone or MEK will remove paint and is very harmful to
breathe.
Also, clean foam off of all edges of the back cover and the hinge area.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 For Free Olympus manuals,
please call 1-800-221-3000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Lau" <dlau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Foam replacement kits and camera shop experiences
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:57, Mats.Elfstrom@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> >I would like to hear if anyone has succeeded replacing the gooey foam, as
> >described and sold by Camtech.
>
> I've installed the Camtech foam kit in two of my OM cameras,
> they are easy enough to do yourself. The only difficult part
> is cleaning out the old foam, which on one camera has turned
> to very sticky goo and it took me a while to completely clean
> it all out. But the installation of the new foam is very
> easy and straightforward.
>
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