Cleaning the shutter curtain

[Aquarium Dreams]

Has anyone tried cleaning the goo from the shutter curtain of the early canon eos cameras? I'm trying this: http://photonotes.org/articles/oily-shutter/ I've been at it for an hour, and this goo seems neverending. Next I'm going to try the paper method here: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008KDS Has anyone had any success with this or have any tips?

 

[Aquarium Dreams]

Replying to myself: The paper tip in the second link worked like magic! After poking around with a few pieces of paper, until they started coming out (basically) clean, I wiped down the shutter blades on both sides a couple times. I fired the shutter about 100 times, using various speeds, and NO GOO!! I'm going to run a test roll through it tomorrow, but I'm optimistic that it will stay clean for awhile now.

 

[Alex_B]

huh, I would be too scared to touch my shutter with anything. it is the most delicate and easiest to break thing in a camera.

.. but then again your hands are still young and steady congrats for your success!

 

[Aquarium Dreams]

Thanks Alex. I bought the camera cheap knowing I would have to clean the goo, so if I messed up, it wouldn't be a big loss. Ten dollars plus shipping plus two hours of cleaning. Not bad if it holds up.

 

[Alex_B]

Thanks Alex. I bought the camera cheap knowing I would have to clean the goo, so if I messed up, it wouldn't be a big loss. Ten dollars plus shipping plus two hours of cleaning. Not bad if it holds up.

quite recently i payed around 150 USD to get a new shutter for my film canon ... but that shutter was broken from too much use

 

[Aquarium Dreams]

quite recently i payed around 150 USD to get a new shutter for my film canon ... but that shutter was broken from too much use

In that situation, my nimble young hands would have counted for naught. Though I read somewhere that the actual shutter only costs about 5 USD and the rest is labor. Is that true?