The magic of lighter fluid..

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The application of a few drops of lighter fluid and my recently acqiored Mamiya Korvette is tripping smoothly and all speeds sound right - time to load up with some Fuji C200 or maybe take a gamble and go straight to some Portra.

Whilst I had the bottle out, nothing to lose applying a few drops into the mechanism of the stuck Yashica D.. and soon enought the hum of the clockwork eased into action. Now firing perfectly again at most shutter speeds, but still seems a little slow at 0.5 and 1 second. I think I must have knocked the self-timer switch trying to free the shutter the last time I tried to free it and this is a known problem area on the model.
 
Lighter fuel is a excellent all-rounder for cleaning lenses and freeing sticky blades, and I use common Ronsonol but some say it's best to use purer stuff ???..Oh well I've forgotten the names mentioned but when my can runs out will probably buy other ones recommended.
 
Forbiddenbiker said:
Is this normal advice then guys ... Is their not a huge chance of it being sparked into a raging inferno?
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Well I wanted to light Chinese lanterns but couldn't find any matches, but remembered I had an old lighter (cotton wool type).... filled up with Ronsonol and bingo a flame...better than using flint or bow and wood :lol:
 
:D I rest my case my lord.

People dont think see, A friend of mine once decided to try and jam more than enough lighter gas into his lighter... picture him standing gripping the lighter and compressed gas canister between his thighs forcing more gas in, the lighter is so full gas is squirting everywhere else but!! Suddenly the lighter wheel rubs on his jeans and sparks. BOOM! :eek: A six foot wide ball of fire totally engulfs him singing all his hair and eyebrows to nothing in a second. ..Oh how we laughed!! :lol: He was fine btw.
 
Any lubricant that's light and clean enough to do the job without a residue will certainly be flammable.. but also so light that it will evaporate very quickly.
 
Lighter fluid is excellent stuff. As is switch cleaner and even label remover, amazing what you can do with stuf totally unintedned for the purpose! (I've polished outboard motors with asda smartprice furniture polish before now! :lol:)
 
I've even managed to get old watches that had set solid to start working again by leaving them over a bath of lighter fluid overnight. The fumes were just enough to melt the old oil/grease and get things started again. Same trick can work with old clockwork shutter mechanisms if you don't actually want to start dabbing/dripping the lighter fluid into physical contact...
 
Used to use lighter fluid to clean camera bodies too years back when I worked in retail it worked a treat! Especially on chrome
 
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