newmagrathea
Sr Member
My first graflex had a teeny tiny amount of surface rust, but I just accounted that to perhaps there was a tiny bit of iron in the nickel plating. And like you said, I "wiped it off" with 0000 steel wool, and that was probably more work than it needed.
Check it... REAL graflex tops and bottoms DO NOT RUST. No way, no how.
Clamps, can develop rust because under that plating they are steel. The bunny ears/bulb clamp... also steel and can rust under the plating and leak through.
Now the plating on the brass CAN on the surface, show rust from contact with OTHER rusting steel, but almost always can be wiped right off. MOST of what you see is just some corrosion from old adhesives, battery acid, etc. and NOT rust coming through the plating. Anyone touting that they have a real graflex where the tops and bottoms are rusty from age is full of baloney.
Homeboy is a scammer, and a complete liar. There I said it. He's lying... straight up. That's not a screen used or production prop, no way, no how. Check out that article posted. The guy stole from his own mother... a lot! Come on... there's no question.