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[Denverdad]

Here is a Meteor that I re-skinned with a brown vinyl faux-leather material cut from a portfolio binder cover:  

 
 
At first I was going to use a thinner, more paper-lik

[Fallisphoto]

Here's a more recent Retina IIa did in black leather with just a touch of gray cane toad for accent (Retina bumps are for sissies; this one has WARTS): http://fallisphoto.

[Cooltouch]

Just a couple of thoughts if you decide to use a fabric.  I'm thinking that contact cement, which I prefer to use to reattach camera leatherettes, might bleed through fabric and show from the exterior.  An adhesive that will work just as well, but

[Finnegan]

Now that you mention all these coverings it reminded me of the Clarus MS35 camera. in the instruction manual it says Covered in war proven Redolite. Has anybody ever heard of Redolite?

[Msiegel]

I found two mentions of Redolite which seem to fit.
One is from a 1944 Chase Velmo Upholstery ad and the second one is from the  Catalog of Copyright Entries 1947 Commercial Prints and Labels Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 1 Pt 11B the entry there says:
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[Fallisphoto]

I have occasionally thought of using those sheets of very thin cedar wood that come wrapped around cigars in tubes, but I never quite got up the nerve to do it. It might look good stained dark on something like an Argus C3. Maybe one day.

[Premoutshine]

Before I used to cover the camera with camera leatherette or leather but nowadays I normally don't do that (may be because of laziness). I place in a clean and safe place.
 
Some major problem am gonna face?? Am a newbie camera user.....

[Fallisphoto]

Premoutshine,
Be sure you have about twice as much as you think you will need before you begin, so you are not stopped if you make a mistake (you probably will make at least one). If you have a thicker coverings than the original, you will usuall

[Hi_country_flash]

Here are a few I recovered in various exotic skins . I have done several more , a Grown Grafic in Alligator , a Yashica 124 in snakeskin and with a scratch built brass damaschined focus hood and a stainless steel back , also engine turned, plus ot

[Fallisphoto]

Does wrinkle black paint count? http://fallisphoto.deviantart.com/art/Pho-Tak-Time-Traveller-333645653?q=gallery %3Afall

[Hollenbj]

Oh! I'm not sure some materials mix well with cameras!  I appreciate the creativity, and I'm sure there's someone out there who just loves the combination, but I'm realizing I prefer more subdued camera coverings.  It doesn't have to be the

[Hi_country_flash]

Thanks Barryjyoung -- I had forgotten about how good barge cement worked on recovering a camera. I am about ready to begin recovering some more and it had been so long ago that I did the ones in the pics   posted that I had forgotten what I used.  
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[Msiegel]

I love that wrinkle black paint - gives the camera a very solid look.
 
Martin

[Hollenbj]

Yeah, OK.  No hot pink examples here on Classic Camera Repair, but I saw a couple recently.  One on a website, the other at a camera store in a city north of me.  I'm just not a hot pink kind of person, but I suppose I need to accept the diversi

[Neuberger]

It is contagious, all of this, isn't it?
Reminds me of the juvenile game of refurbishing mobiles with exotic straps or simulated diamond stickers.
I once had one in bogus cherrywood decor.