[LargeFormat] Bellows Repair using Acrylic Paint

[Clive Warren]

At 12:45 pm +0100 8/6/03, philip lambert wrote:
>This is valuable knowledge. Can we know the brand of acrylic paint to use.
>We have an artists' supplies shop here but I wouldn't trust their advice re
>cameras. PL
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Clive Warren"
>Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 1:48 PM
>
>  > I "borrowed" some acrylic paint from an artist friend with the idea that
>>  there was no way I could be bothered with Elmers glue, PVA glue, soot
>>  black, two drops of castor oil, eye of newt, skin of toad and any of the
>>  other recipes that have been discussed in the past. The exercise was a
>>  complete success with the bellows remaining flexible and the pinholes
>>  sorted. On some red bellows I started with a couple of thin coats of
>black,
>>  followed by a couple of thin coats of red. You cannot see the repairs!
>More
>  > importantly, the pinholes have gone.
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As I gave the paint back immediately after using it I have no idea of 
the brand, but if you buy the acrylic paint from an artists' supplies 
shop then it'll be fine. There's no point asking them for advice re 
cameras nor suitability for light sealing!

I will probably be borrowing the paint again in a week or so as I 
have another set of bellows to rejuvenate and will post the details 
here if I remember.

I racked the standards back and forth a few times again last night 
and used some radical movements on the camera that had the really 
shot bellows - all new light seals intact and working perfectly. If 
it wasn't raining I would be out there with one of the cameras 
burning film. As it is I have a full day of f32.net web site work 
instead - such is life.......

Cheers,
        Clive