old kodac bellows camera

[thegrump179]

I have my fathers old bellows camera.   Where the leather meets the metal parts there is lots of Verdigris What would be the best way to remove the Verdigris without the camera smelling of vinegar or the likes

[siddieswans]

Sorry; I use vinegar to remove "green gunk" from costume jewellery. You could try lemon juice but I wouldn't think it would be so effective. Wouldn't the vinegar smell fade? I presume you are worried about getting it on the leather and it soaking in. Careful application with a cotton bud may do the trick. I am guessing the leather is very dry - perhaps treating it first would help repel the vinegar. Good luck.

[lakeland27]

are you talking about chrome or nickel plated brass parts  grump ?

[thegrump179]

Hi...I think there could be a mixture of metals.  I have removed 99% of the verdigris using a tooth pick and a little metho. but youcan see by the photos it is deep inside some grooves etc.

[thegrump179]

[thegrump179]

[not_an_eloi]

tried wd-40 ? spray some mebbe into a small cup, paint it on the corrosion with a paintbrush 

also,  read up about a deoxit pen, may do the job. 

[lakeland27]

i use a piece of softwood with a point and another with an end like a flat screwdriver. the wood is soft enough to not harm the plate, i scrape it off, and then i might get some blunt steel wool (to blunt the steelwool rub it on a flat surface, then roll it up and manipulate it into a pointed shape (making sure to blunten the pointed part again) it can be moved along the surface using a bamboo skewer or similar. i'd do the leather first as SSwans says.(and only fine steel wool)

[oldworldlady]

Autosol on a cotton bud, maybe? I don't know if it would mark the leather, but it's brilliant at cleaning chrome and other metals.