How do i get the smell of diesel of my camera?

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here's how it happend, i somehow got some diesel on my fingers, in which was promptly cleaned off.

used my camera afterwards, however there must have been some diesel on my hands still and it's transferred to the camera, not harmed it or anything just made it smell a bit funky :)

what do you recommend for cleaning this off or should i just leave it?


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use some kind of spirit. Maybe the wife (if you have one) has some nail varnish remover, I reckon that'll eat through it nicely and shouldn't do the camera body any harm.
 
Seriously I would just leave it and it will wear away and go. Don't go using nail varnish remover etc this will take labels off, damage the plastics and not remove the diesel.
 
trencheel303 said:
use some kind of spirit. Maybe the wife (if you have one) has some nail varnish remover, I reckon that'll eat through it nicely and shouldn't do the camera body any harm.
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oh no don't have one of those, :D but i do have some nail varnish remover and a can of IPA170 (isopropyl alcohol).

I was reluctant to use it because i know it can attack some plastics, anyways you're advice has helped lots :thumbs:
 
I photographed a fire once because my cousin's farm got mobbed by chavs and they burnt the lot down so I took photos for the insurance. Camera stunk of smoke and burnt hay for months afterwards but the smell will go away :)
 
Rob 80386 said:
oh no don't have one of those, :D but i do have some nail varnish remover and a can of IPA170 (isopropyl alcohol).

I was reluctant to use it because i know it can attack some plastics, anyways you're advice has helped lots :thumbs:
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It probably will attack the plastic to some degree, but not any more than the diesel did I imagine.
 
cowasaki said:
Seriously I would just leave it and it will wear away and go. Don't go using nail varnish remover etc this will take labels off, damage the plastics and not remove the diesel.
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Trig's said:
Your lucky then.... Just dont ever run out thats all I will say... :naughty:
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Bendihossan said:
I photographed a fire once because my cousin's farm got mobbed by chavs and they burnt the lot down so I took photos for the insurance. Camera stunk of smoke and burnt hay for months afterwards but the smell will go away :)
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oh don't, when i had my first car is was a petrol fiesta 1.4, anways it had a faulty fuel gauge, to cut a long story short when the guage said 1/4 of a tank it was actually empty, how did i find this out.... yes when the car conked out right near where i lived. :bonk:


I haven't done anything with the camera as yet, i'm going to leave it out of the bag, in a different room to air out for a day or so :)
 
Computer screen/VDU screen wipes work well to clean the outer parts of the camera. I use them all the time just to wipe dust etc off my camera and lenses, I don't use them on the lens glass though, although they may not do harm, I'm just cautious.
 
JerryL said:
Computer screen/VDU screen wipes work well to clean the outer parts of the camera. I use them all the time just to wipe dust etc off my camera and lenses, I don't use them on the lens glass though, although they may not do harm, I'm just cautious.
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you're right about lens glass, i never go anywhere near my lens glass with liquid cleaners, or wipes, I just use a microfibre dry lens cloth to clean the glass :)
 
quick update, left the camera out overnight gave it a wipe over with a very very light damp cloth, the smell is nearly gone :thumbs:
 
Rob 80386 said:
quick update, left the camera out overnight gave it a wipe over with a very very light damp cloth, the smell is nearly gone :thumbs:
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Should be gone by the end of the day now then...... Take it that you'll be washing hands from now on then :bonk:
 
If the smell doesn't go away, try putting it in a large sealed box with some pure charcoal (not the charcoal that has firelighter stuff in it!) and leave it over night - charcoal absorbs odours.
 
I clean mine with a (quite) wet flannel face-cloth and washing-up liquid...just make sure the battery's out and it'll be fine...
Use a moistened toothbrush to tease anything out of the textured rubber grips...

How else do you think I get all the mud, sweat and carp off in places like Iraq and Afghanistan?
 
Arkady said:
I clean mine with a (quite) wet flannel face-cloth and washing-up liquid...just make sure the battery's out and it'll be fine...
Use a moistened toothbrush to tease anything out of the textured rubber grips...

How else do you think I get all the mud, sweat and carp off in places like Iraq and Afghanistan?
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Make the new guys lick it off?
 
Battered maybe...clean definitely...

Clean camera = happy Rob...
 
Aside from the gags i'm not sure anyone offered a solution, so here's mine. KFC wet wipes. Mmm, lemon fresh.
 
trencheel303 said:
Hats off to you because I just don't bother :P

Personally I think a crap covered camera looks better :lol:
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:thinking: with "Canon" stamped on it is there much difference then :shrug: :coat: :exit:
 
Be a bit wary about using any serious solvents on it. They might actually melt the plastic that the body's made of. They could creep in and damage any weather seals around buttons, doors etc. Even if they don't appear to have directly affected anything, they might have deplasticised the casing, making it brittle.

Wet wipes and leaving the thing out in the open for a day or two would be my suggestions, so :plusone: to those!
 
Nod said:
Be a bit wary about using any serious solvents on it. They might actually melt the plastic that the body's made of. They could creep in and damage any weather seals around buttons, doors etc. Even if they don't appear to have directly affected anything, they might have deplasticised the casing, making it brittle.

Wet wipes and leaving the thing out in the open for a day or two would be my suggestions, so :plusone: to those!
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I agree but always :rules: read the labels on any cleaners you use
Bob
 
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