Bellows Care?

pbromaghin

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• Mar 20, 2012

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Is there any regular maintenance that should be done to protect the leather bellows on old German folders? I use a 1948 Zeiss as an every-day shooter. It's in great shape, but that leather is 65 years old and must need something to stay that way.

Thanks!

 

georg16nik

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• Mar 20, 2012

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I use Woly Sport Wax Active http://tinyurl.com/7kttlp7 on the bellows leather of my Zeisses and Voigtländers, once every few years, depending on climate etc.

 

benjiboy

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• Mar 20, 2012

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In the nineteenth century they used to use melted bees wax on leather bellows.

 

georg16nik

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• Mar 20, 2012

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Yep, Woly Sport Wax Active is based on bees wax.