26
That time a customer's 1970s Asahi Pentax taught me about mirror buffing
I was working on this old Spotmatic for a guy last month, looked like it had been through a war. The mirror was all scratched up and I was ready to just tell him to buy a new body. But then I remembered something an old repair guy in Portland told me years ago about using a special compound to buff out shallow scratches on mirrors. Tried it with some cerium oxide and a felt pad. Worked way better than I expected. The mirror came out clear and the customer was thrilled. Now I always check if scratches are surface level before writing off a mirror. Has anyone else tried this trick or do you just swap mirrors out?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
noahs822d ago
Damn, that's a solid save. Love hearing when old repair tricks still work.
1
parker_bell1d ago
Idk if it counts as a trick, but my grandpa used to fix a leaky faucet with a coat hanger and duct tape. It looked janky but held up for like three years until we finally replaced the whole thing. Makes me wonder how many old school fixes are still out there that nobody talks about anymore.
3