It's no secret that I love Polaroid cameras, and one of my absolute favourites is the SX-70. I've collected a few different models but one thing they all have in common is that the original faux leather cover has seen better days.
Luckily there are a few companies that makes replacement leather covers, with WickedSkinz being the most accessible to me since their selection of covers are available on eBay (with fairly reasonable shipping fees for the UK).
After receiving my brand new PolaSkinz cover I set out on the task of preparing the camera for it. This turned out to me messier than I had expected as both the glue and "leather" of the original cover had degraded (and partially dissolved) much over the last 40 years or so.
After a lot of scraping, prying and finally some acetone to remove the last of the glue, it was finally stripped of its old cover.
Then came the part I was most nervous about, applying the new cover. The process itself is very simple, the cover is applied like a big sticker (with no extra glue needed). That said, it does require a pair of fairly steady hands and a good eye for lining things up nicely. Like the instructions say, it's possible to remove it and realign it before it's fully set in place. In practice though, if you don't align all sides properly and only notice when you get to the other edge, then you might be out of luck.
In my case, I managed to line it up pretty well (not perfect though) and I got to say, I'm super happy about the result. My old SX-70 is looking 30 years younger!
Luckily there are a few companies that makes replacement leather covers, with WickedSkinz being the most accessible to me since their selection of covers are available on eBay (with fairly reasonable shipping fees for the UK).
After receiving my brand new PolaSkinz cover I set out on the task of preparing the camera for it. This turned out to me messier than I had expected as both the glue and "leather" of the original cover had degraded (and partially dissolved) much over the last 40 years or so.
After a lot of scraping, prying and finally some acetone to remove the last of the glue, it was finally stripped of its old cover.
Then came the part I was most nervous about, applying the new cover. The process itself is very simple, the cover is applied like a big sticker (with no extra glue needed). That said, it does require a pair of fairly steady hands and a good eye for lining things up nicely. Like the instructions say, it's possible to remove it and realign it before it's fully set in place. In practice though, if you don't align all sides properly and only notice when you get to the other edge, then you might be out of luck.
In my case, I managed to line it up pretty well (not perfect though) and I got to say, I'm super happy about the result. My old SX-70 is looking 30 years younger!
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