Re: Enlarger Bellows Rebuild - modern tricks?

In article <u_-dnXpq9Y0SNpvVnZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "John" <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Materials technology has changed a great deal in the past few decades,
so I 
> am hoping (L-A-Z-Y) that there might be a flexible, nonsticky, spray-on 
> coating that can be applied inside and outside a large bellows (for
10X10" 
> enlarger).
> 
> For smaller bellows I patch pinholes using a material intended for those
old 
> 'soft top' hardtops of the Seventies. It applies smoothly, sets up
flexible, 
> and is dead-black. But it won't fix this old bellows.
> 
> If none, then I think I might just send the old bellows to England to be

> copied.
> 
> jjs

There are two bellows makers here in the US.

Universal Bellows, 

Or you could look at the archive of "God Forbid No- I can hear your 
screams now" View Camera Magazine. They had a article several years back 
with detailed instructions on making a large custom bellows from scratch.

Personally I have used gaffers type tape to patch the corners of several 
of mine.

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