Just realized I was cleaning shutter blades wrong for a decade

I used to use a cotton swab and lighter fluid on every old SLR that came into my shop in Portland. About two years ago, a tech from a big repair house in Chicago showed me his method with a soft artist's brush and a tiny bit of ROR cleaner. The difference in how the blades move now is night and day, with no leftover fibers. Anyone else have a better solvent for stubborn gunk on a Nikon FM2?

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3 Comments

emery29013d ago

Sticking with a method for years" hits SO hard.

tessadavis13d ago

Honestly, is shutter blade gunk really that big of a deal for most people? I get what emery290 said about sticking with a method, but sometimes the old way is fine. Lighter fluid always worked for me and I never had a camera fail because of it. Tbh, it sounds like you're just overthinking a tiny bit of cleaning.

phoenix_bailey13d ago

Funny how we can stick with a method for years just because it's what we first learned. That switch to a brush sounds like it solved the fiber issue for good.