bankcheck
Established
Hello there, I would like to know if anybody has their R-D1 skin getting loose? If so, any recommendation? As I have checked camerleather and they don't have anything for R-D1. Thanks for your opinion.
shimo-kitasnap
everything is temporary..
Morgen usually will custom make a skin if you send in your camera, I don't think it would take very long. Imagine black lizard skin on the RD-1 
lewis44
Well-known
There were a couple of threads on this recently. One option was Morgan @ Cameraleather. My understanding was that if he gets one, he will make a pattern and then it will available for all to order. You could be a hero to all RD-1 owners.
You can also re-glue or buy material and cut your own. Micro Tools sell the pre-glued sheets and I think Morgan has some available. Use the old covering as the pattern.
You can also re-glue or buy material and cut your own. Micro Tools sell the pre-glued sheets and I think Morgan has some available. Use the old covering as the pattern.
Tuolumne
Veteran
Yes I have this problem and would like it fixed. I usually keep mine in a Luigi case and that solves it as long as it stays in. But sometimes I want to shoot bare handed. Then it's a problem. Especially after a couple of hours of use it starts to get tacky. Yuck. What can be used to glue the original skin back in place? I asked that a while ago and never got a good answer.
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furcafe
Veteran
Yes, many people have had this problem. Since my R-D1 is cosmetically ugly anyway, I've been using double-sided tape (the fancy kind from Microtools). The edges are loose, but on the whole, everything is still attached.
Every glue I tried from the local hardware store(s), as well as Pliobond (which works well for real leather on old Contax RFs & such), failed miserably.
Every glue I tried from the local hardware store(s), as well as Pliobond (which works well for real leather on old Contax RFs & such), failed miserably.
jmkelly
rangefinder user
Don Goldberg has (or maybe had, by now) some whole lizard skins available. I bought one, cut the pieces and glued them to the cleaned body with head gasket shellac from the auto parts store. Since I saw this as something of a practice run I used the belly part of the skin - less attractive than the more finely-pebbled back. I don't think the results look like total crap:
And the camera feels thinner front to back and has a better touch to it.
Working with a sheet of self-stick sealgrain from cameraleather would be a little easier.
And the camera feels thinner front to back and has a better touch to it.
Working with a sheet of self-stick sealgrain from cameraleather would be a little easier.
tbarker13
shooter of stuff
I used Pliobond on my old Rd1. Worked very well. At least for the few months during which I used it before selling it.
bankcheck
Established
Thanks for all the responses. May be I'll just stick on to the sticky tape and see what happens.
Jim Watts
Still trying to See.
The usual recommendation for re-sticking the original covering on the RD-1 is 3M Scotch Clear Heavy-Duty Mounting Tape, if you can find it. Cheap carpet tape types won't hold.
I restuck mine with 'Evostick' a contact adhesive,which has lasted well for about 18 months but is just starting to come away again, so it will need a reapplication on adhesive.
I restuck mine with 'Evostick' a contact adhesive,which has lasted well for about 18 months but is just starting to come away again, so it will need a reapplication on adhesive.
gdi
Veteran
Actually, the heavy duty carpet tape works great and is cheap.
http://www.duckproducts.com/products/detail.asp?catid=1&subid=7&plid=28
http://www.duckproducts.com/products/detail.asp?catid=1&subid=7&plid=28
AhShun
Member
I use UHU, which cost you $1 only, and it works!
