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A customer's simple comment made me rethink my shutter cleaning process
A guy brought in a Nikon F2 last week and said, 'You know, the second curtain still drags a bit after your service.' I'd been using the same method for years, a light brush and air. His feedback made me look it up, and I found a forum post from a tech in Japan suggesting a specific 99% isopropyl alcohol mix for old grease. Tried it on a test body, and the curtain travel smoothed out completely. Now I add that step for any camera older than twenty years. Anyone else tweak their routine because of something a customer pointed out?
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graceprice1d ago
Yeah, @seanjohnson has a point about risk, but sometimes you gotta update old methods when new info comes along.
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seanjohnson1d ago
Honestly, that sounds like a risky change to make based on one comment. I've always heard you should never put any kind of liquid on those cloth curtains, it can make them brittle over time. A proper clean with dry tools should get the old grease off without needing a solvent. Maybe that camera just needed a more careful second pass with the brush. I'd be worried about causing more harm than good with that method.
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