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c/camera-repairers•piper_kimpiper_kim•27d ago

Hot take: I think freezing old bellows in a ziplock bag to revive them is overhyped

Tried it on a beat-up Zeiss Super Ikonta from a flea market in Seattle last week and the bellows still leaked light like a sieve, has anyone else had better luck with a different method?
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joel_clark37
People always think freezer tricks fix everything, just like putting phones in rice.
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morgan.rose
Right there with you. Freezing a bellows isn't some magic fix, it's just old rubber getting more brittle. @joel_clark37 nailed it with the phone in rice comparison.
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wilson.joseph
Same here, it drives me crazy how people fall for that stuff.
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