Re: [Rollei] Mutar lens coating removal

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh >]

GK.

Absolutely correct.  I would suggest that Gary send his Mutar to
John VanStelton in Colorado.

Jerry

TrueBadger   wrote:

> In a message dated 5/22/2003 1:21:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, gwidland   writes:
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> > Gary Widland here, new to RUG.
> > With one perfectly servicable 0.7x Mutar, I got a second, in rough shape at best, but at too low a price to pass up.  Already, haven disassembled, cleaned, and successfully reassembled the rotating mounting mechanism on the back of the taking lens, it has proven itself to be an inexpensive self-teaching ground.
> > As I said, this was already banged up.  It appears that the majority of the scratches on the front of the taking lens are in the coating.  Yes, I may have reached the wrong conclusion, but I would like to remove this color-correcting coating.  Therefore, I ask if someone can tell me how to remove the coating from the taking lens.  I guess safely and, I hope,
> > without needing to wear a respirator.
> > Thank you.
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> Someone else on the list will probably know a lot more about this than I do, but I'll be really surprised if the scratches are "just in the coating" I could be wrong, but my understanding is that these coatings are really very thin.
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> Possibly a specialized service could re-coat the lens, but I think anything you attempt on your own can only make matters a LOT worse.
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> G. King
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