For people who don't have a laser cutter and would just like a pre-cut set of leather, Aki Asahi in Japan sells various replacement sets for SX-70s at really reasonable prices. I've re-covered an SX-70 using one of their kits, and it looks great. I have another that I need to cover, and bought another kit from them because it's a lot cheaper than buying a laser cutter. :-)
For anyone watching and having difficulty removing the adhesive, use a hair dryer on hot! My husband and I were able to de-skin a model 3 as practice in one night!
Hi GREAT video and channel, I just subscribed. You mention a template a friend made for the laser cutter. Did you post, or would you share that template? THANKS!
I have a laser cutter but where can I get the CAD files for the leather pieces? PDFs will not work on the cutter... would it be possible for you or your friend to share these with us?
The coverings that get that powdery white look are actually NOT leather. They're a vinyl type material that Polaroid called "Porvair". Usually it's a darker brown or black colour. The original SX-70s in including the Alpha Models had real leather. After that, they got really cheap and stopped using real leather.
+Gary Low hey gary, i have a friend how tried to used stingray leather, he said that it was a problem to get the leather that thin so it will still work to close the camera
I have two SX-70 which seem to work, but the picture doesn't come out. I was told that there is a spring pushing on the picture that may not execute its function because of the thinner paper of modern Polaroid pictures. Do you agree? Moreover, do you know a place where you can have a CLA or fixing in Europe(or Italy, I live in Roma and I am a cinematographer, fond of Polaroid since my father took a SX-70 at home during the seventies-I still have it but it has the prtoblem mentioned above). Thank you.
The SX-70 loses value when the skin is removed. Unless its in really bad shape do not remove it. If the corners are lose, all you need to do is add a bit of flexible glue. Use a blowdryer get the leather warm, and if peals off extremely easy. The original leather is of very high quality italian leather, nice and thin. The replacements are thick and very cheap, most are not even genuine leather. Good video tho.
Warum wird das Leder so weiss ? Ist das Schimmel ? Und anstatt das Leder zu wechseln , hilft es wenn man das Leder behandelt ? Einfettet ? Und mir ist beim Sucher die Halterung von einem der Stäbe abgebrochen . Bzw lose Hast du einen Tip wie man das repariert ?
Since my last SX70 Sonar freaked out, i sold it on Ebay with a heavy heart and bought a really devastated another one instead + new leather. This time without a Sonar focus, i tend to think, that the ones with a Sonar focus are more fragile. It took so much time, especially because the old leather was so sticky and using "Waschbenzin" ("White spirit") and a sponge, it was only slowly possible to get rid of it. And even after this procedure, the SX70 was so sticky and by leaving it on the heating over the night, i could fix this a little bit. So, if you anybody else would want to try it out: Just do it, but don't expect it to be easy. :D
Hello there, hope there is still some activity going on here. I wanted to ask if there is a shop in the EU offering these replacement skins, maybe even with some nicer dark wood? If not, may there be some kind of "manual" or at least some advice on how to create a skin by myself? Is there something special to think about when working with 1mm thick wood? I guess I could also cut it out with a laser cutter (if I find one somewhere), or do you have some other tips regarding cutting out these materials? Would be cool if someone could help me out a little bit. Greetings :)
Hey, i dont know of any shops in the EU that sell them but there is a view on ebay. In the description below you can find the PDF which is a vector and can be used to lasercut your material. If you are going for wood i would suggest adding doublesided adhesive foil before cutting, makes life alot easier. 1mm is about the max i would go with the strength but you can just test it if the lid of the viewfinder stil closes you are finde.
Question : probably a terrible idea around these types of cameras . But couldn’t you say use a heat gun to heat up the adhesive glue and make removal easier or is there a reason and that’s just a BIG no for these types of cameras ?
Where did you get the leather and which leather did you choose and would every leather work? And if I am really lazy or do not have lasers ... Do you ship ready cut leather on request?
I had some leather from an old studio, i think every leather with a smooth back and not to thick should work, since you dont need to bend over edges or something like that. i dont sell leather but there are some sellers on ebay that provide precut skins for the sx-70 and you should check that out.
Tolles Tutorial! aber 1. gefällt mir deine wahl des Leder überhaupt nicht. Die Textur ist komplett anders und die Farben Passen auch nicht. die Silberne sieht sehr Unpassend aus. 2. Kann man das Leder nicht auch einfach für 20€ pro set Passend Zugeschnitten und in der Richtigen Farbe auf eBay bekommen?
I would strongly advise against using a heat gun, there is alot of different materials in the camera, like the below and these materials could be damaged by the high temperature.
Analog Things I’m not sure if it was actual leather but it didn’t crumble. It peeled off pretty even and I used Goo Gone to clean the residue. I have a model 3 that is crumbling bad. Even with the dryer it’s going to be a big mess taking that off
hey! i was wondering what kind of solvent you’re using? i tried to use goo gone for my original sx70 to take off just the gooey residue from the leather (still has the original foil on it, didn’t need to open up the camera) but it didn’t really work. I just kind of scratched it off gently with alcohol. I have an alpha 1 coming (yay!) and i would like to change the leather on that one, just don’t know what kind of solvent is best. love your channel by the way! been watching you since the beginning ☺️
hey, i use something thats made for removing labels of bottels that gave me good results. some people recommend lighter fuel but i had problems with it to destroy the plastic
Analog Things any brands you can recommend? also, am i able to polish the camera’s metal coating with a metal cleaner? i know the body is plastic with a thick coating of metal, i just wanna be sure if it’s safe to do so without removing the finishing.
oh ok do you remember where to buy this one? And thanks for the tipps in the vid about the "Kleberentferner", otherwise i would have to mess up my SLR 680 really bad
Analog Things I’m not very experienced with polaroids as this was my first one. Is it extremely difficult to replace the front? Also I have not tested the camera because I don’t have any film, but will the camera work despite the bent metal? Thank you
it's really easy to change you dont even need tools but you need a second camera :) the camera should work fine, the metal is not killig any functionality of the camera
@@AnalogThings Awesome channel! do all of the sx-70 model's front part work the same or does the alpha model have some technological advances? My front metal plate got bent, the ejection plate. (Alpha model owner)
I would try using a plastic razor to remove the leather. They are usually used to remove decals from cars but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work for this.
I have two Polaroids that I found in my collection camera's, but one likenyous here doesn't work, I tried with film and nothing happened. Buaaaa The other one is a SX-70 sonar, but I don't get nice pictures.
Hi. This is so cool. Now I think i am instructed to get my own Land Camera and re-fabric it with a lila fabric (like amethyst color). I am now looking for a working Land Camera in silver or in ivory under 100€ and want to re-fabric it on my own with this help from you. Das ist so lässig. Habe mich immer schon gefragt, wie das wohl gehen soll, die so schön neu her zu richten. juhuu. Ich habe mir auch das Schnittmuster herunter geladen und gleich gespeichert. Alte Jeans habe ich noch rum liegen. die mache ich auf eine silberne und falls ich eine ivory bekomme, dann soll da lila Stoff rauf. ich hoffe ich finde einen im Kost-Nix-Laden. :D D A N K E Du denkst auch an alles (Schnittmuster!!). Bei uns gibt´s den tollen riesigen Flohmarkt dort habe ich oft Land Camera´s gesehen. Und nie eine gekauft, weil sie immer schäbig aussahen und ich nie wusste wie man die pimpen kann. Also lieben dank für deine Hilfe. On the black camera i believe some fabric in grey marmor or maybe cork would be stylisch. maybe you find some hemp fabric to put on. :D How did you call this great knife tool to work with? As your knife is so wonderfully thin a swiss pocket knife won´t work. Ich habe Daumen hoch gegeben und abboniert. Vielen Lieben Dank für das schöne Video. Ich habe noch Kasetten und Polaroids hier bei mir. Finde solche alten Sachen super schön. Einfach so zum Deko machen. :D :D hihi hi Thanks for this lovely video. Greets from Vienna. Daniela.
Hey Zach, thanks for the link, they have some nice work. I like the Voigtländer with the blue leather and metal, nice combination. Currently working on a skin for my Pentacon Six and Kiev 60.
Carbon fiber? Velvet? Some Art Nouveau drawing with thing golden decorations? It's just up to your immagination: everything goes well with black... Well almost. Please don't choose fuchsia plastic, please...
For people who don't have a laser cutter and would just like a pre-cut set of leather, Aki Asahi in Japan sells various replacement sets for SX-70s at really reasonable prices. I've re-covered an SX-70 using one of their kits, and it looks great. I have another that I need to cover, and bought another kit from them because it's a lot cheaper than buying a laser cutter. :-)
+ralphbrandi Haha yeah i totally forgot to mention ebay or other sources ;) But i also gut a few with the cutterknife and it works fine.
ralphbrandi is there a website to find the leather replacement for the polaroid?
one of the most famous ones is aki ashai
aki-asahi.com/store/html/sx_brown/o-brown.php
but its easy todo yourself
The black one would look really cool with a nice carbon fiber vinyl
Very inspiring. Thank you.
The black camera? A classy mid-to-dark, blue-grey leatherette.
+Kevin Parratt I went for some bamboo ;)
For anyone watching and having difficulty removing the adhesive, use a hair dryer on hot! My husband and I were able to de-skin a model 3 as practice in one night!
you should not do that cause you could damage tha plastic parts inside the camera
Thank you so much for this video. I purchased a SX-70 in great need of TLC and I am very happy I found your tips and tricks!
Is it possible to remove the bended metal plate? Is it fitted with screws?
no :( they are fixed so you would need to find a broken sx-70 and use the one of it or drill through that nut and remake the connection
@@AnalogThings Thank you! :-)
That b roll for the leather cutting was amazing
Oooh!! Dark wood on the black SX70 please... =D
+Kenneth Foo currently in marocco and they have some great wood work, maybe i can find something
That's awesome! Hope you find some really good wood work in Marocco.
Brazilian rosewood, African blackwood or cocobolo would be amazing. Expensive and hard if not impossible to get, but amazing.
Wow thanks so much for the skin template!
Do a flamed or quilted maple veneer with some darker oil on it, really bring out that wood marking would really make it unique
Super gorgeous work, this was so satisfying to watch!
thanks
Hi GREAT video and channel, I just subscribed. You mention a template a friend made for the laser cutter. Did you post, or would you share that template? THANKS!
I have a laser cutter but where can I get the CAD files for the leather pieces? PDFs will not work on the cutter... would it be possible for you or your friend to share these with us?
Yeah! That would be great!
The coverings that get that powdery white look are actually NOT leather. They're a vinyl type material that Polaroid called "Porvair". Usually it's a darker brown or black colour. The original SX-70s in including the Alpha Models had real leather. After that, they got really cheap and stopped using real leather.
I have an alpha one I need real leather where do I get it from
Black row stone stingray leather would be really cool on the black one
+Gary Low hey gary, i have a friend how tried to used stingray leather, he said that it was a problem to get the leather that thin so it will still work to close the camera
Love this! I'd either get a thin wooden or I'd go black leather but add in say some red outlining or something to give it a touch if colour
Thanks a lot ! Can we reuse the old skin ?
This guy is a genius.
I have two SX-70 which seem to work, but the picture doesn't come out. I was told that there is a spring pushing on the picture that may not execute its function because of the thinner paper of modern Polaroid pictures. Do you agree? Moreover, do you know a place where you can have a CLA or fixing in Europe(or Italy, I live in Roma and I am a cinematographer, fond of Polaroid since my father took a SX-70 at home during the seventies-I still have it but it has the prtoblem mentioned above). Thank you.
The SX-70 loses value when the skin is removed. Unless its in really bad shape do not remove it. If the corners are lose, all you need to do is add a bit of flexible glue. Use a blowdryer get the leather warm, and if peals off extremely easy. The original leather is of very high quality italian leather, nice and thin. The replacements are thick and very cheap, most are not even genuine leather. Good video tho.
What about using a hair dryer to warm the leather and use the painter knife?
possible, but i'm always worried about the below material
I have use a hair drier with success on a black sx70, also used adhesive tape to remove old glue rather than solvent.
Put velvet on it, LOL! Pretty good job :)
Maybe try heating up the metal crease with a lighter and put a brick on top of it to bend it back in place since it’s in a weird place
Wood grain vinyl on the black sx 70 😍
Why does your sx-70 have a tripod adaptor but mine doesn’t ?
Warum wird das Leder so weiss ? Ist das Schimmel ? Und anstatt das Leder zu wechseln , hilft es wenn man das Leder behandelt ? Einfettet ?
Und mir ist beim Sucher die Halterung von einem der Stäbe abgebrochen . Bzw lose Hast du einen Tip wie man das repariert ?
Not seen that doubled sided adhesive film before ?
Good work - very impressive and enjoyable to watch. Thanks
thanks
Hola, podrias compartir los moldes para cortar los cueros? Tengo una de estas camaras hermosa pero debo mejorarla como tú. Saludos desde Argentina.
What glue do you use if the camera is metal?
Since my last SX70 Sonar freaked out, i sold it on Ebay with a heavy heart and bought a really devastated another one instead + new leather. This time without a Sonar focus, i tend to think, that the ones with a Sonar focus are more fragile.
It took so much time, especially because the old leather was so sticky and using "Waschbenzin" ("White spirit") and a sponge, it was only slowly possible to get rid of it.
And even after this procedure, the SX70 was so sticky and by leaving it on the heating over the night, i could fix this a little bit.
So, if you anybody else would want to try it out: Just do it, but don't expect it to be easy. :D
instaBlaster...
I'd love to get a set of leather cut outs for my Alpha 1 Model 2. The leather is cracked and mouldy. Can I purchase from someone?
Thank you for the video :) How can i efficiently and simply clean the outside of my SX 70 please ? Thx
Hello there, hope there is still some activity going on here. I wanted to ask if there is a shop in the EU offering these replacement skins, maybe even with some nicer dark wood? If not, may there be some kind of "manual" or at least some advice on how to create a skin by myself? Is there something special to think about when working with 1mm thick wood? I guess I could also cut it out with a laser cutter (if I find one somewhere), or do you have some other tips regarding cutting out these materials? Would be cool if someone could help me out a little bit.
Greetings :)
Hey, i dont know of any shops in the EU that sell them but there is a view on ebay. In the description below you can find the PDF which is a vector and can be used to lasercut your material. If you are going for wood i would suggest adding doublesided adhesive foil before cutting, makes life alot easier. 1mm is about the max i would go with the strength but you can just test it if the lid of the viewfinder stil closes you are finde.
Question : probably a terrible idea around these types of cameras . But couldn’t you say use a heat gun to heat up the adhesive glue and make removal easier or is there a reason and that’s just a BIG no for these types of cameras ?
i could be possible, but i'm scared to dry out the rubber of the bellows ans that would destroy the camera
Where did you get the leather and which leather did you choose and would every leather work?
And if I am really lazy or do not have lasers ... Do you ship ready cut leather on request?
I had some leather from an old studio, i think every leather with a smooth back and not to thick should work, since you dont need to bend over edges or something like that.
i dont sell leather but there are some sellers on ebay that provide precut skins for the sx-70 and you should check that out.
Tolles Tutorial! aber 1. gefällt mir deine wahl des Leder überhaupt nicht. Die Textur ist komplett anders und die Farben Passen auch nicht. die Silberne sieht sehr Unpassend aus. 2. Kann man das Leder nicht auch einfach für 20€ pro set Passend Zugeschnitten und in der Richtigen Farbe auf eBay bekommen?
whats the name of the doublesided glueing foil, or where can i buy this?
i bought mine at a hardware store but you could also get it at artist supply
How heat sensitive are those cameras?
I wonder if heating the leather/glue with a heat gun would be a good idea to get rid of the old leather easier.
I would strongly advise against using a heat gun, there is alot of different materials in the camera, like the below and these materials could be damaged by the high temperature.
I used a regular blowdryer that isn't nearly as hot as a heat gun and it worked great
+Chelcie Rice oh great, what type of leathering did you have?
Analog Things I’m not sure if it was actual leather but it didn’t crumble. It peeled off pretty even and I used Goo Gone to clean the residue. I have a model 3 that is crumbling bad. Even with the dryer it’s going to be a big mess taking that off
+Chelcie Rice Well i also dont think it is real leather. Yeah, thats gona be a mess, if you find a better way let me know.
Would love to see guitar amp material.
+ryanbailey112 what is guitar amp material?
Tolex?
Geiler shit. Liebe deine Videos ✌️
Any tips on what kind of adhesive you used? Can't seem to find anything useful so far. Thanks!
are you in the states? i have to look something up on amazon
@@AnalogThings I am in the states! Thanks for the reply.
@@ZamoraBoss did he ever find anything haha
hey! i was wondering what kind of solvent you’re using? i tried to use goo gone for my original sx70 to take off just the gooey residue from the leather (still has the original foil on it, didn’t need to open up the camera) but it didn’t really work. I just kind of scratched it off gently with alcohol. I have an alpha 1 coming (yay!) and i would like to change the leather on that one, just don’t know what kind of solvent is best. love your channel by the way! been watching you since the beginning ☺️
hey, i use something thats made for removing labels of bottels that gave me good results. some people recommend lighter fuel but i had problems with it to destroy the plastic
Analog Things any brands you can recommend? also, am i able to polish the camera’s metal coating with a metal cleaner? i know the body is plastic with a thick coating of metal, i just wanna be sure if it’s safe to do so without removing the finishing.
Can you not use a heat gun?
i'm worried that the heatgun could dry out the rubber inside the camera, if the "below" gets one crack you got a big problem
Analog Things oh I see, well, either way, in the end it came out looking really nice 👍🏻 I’m gonna pick one of these up soon.
Hey which doublesided glueing foil did you use for this?
puh hard to say which one, just basic one from the paper store
ok, because i tried one from amazon, and for skinning wood onto a polaroid this one is not the best opinion
i had one for sticking leather onto books that worked really well with wood
oh ok do you remember where to buy this one? And thanks for the tipps in the vid about the "Kleberentferner", otherwise i would have to mess up my SLR 680 really bad
The same thing with the bent metal back plate happened to my Polaroid. Did you find a way to bend the metal back or fix it?
no :/ this things are bolted on, i ended up using the front of another broken camera
Analog Things I’m not very experienced with polaroids as this was my first one. Is it extremely difficult to replace the front? Also I have not tested the camera because I don’t have any film, but will the camera work despite the bent metal? Thank you
it's really easy to change you dont even need tools but you need a second camera :) the camera should work fine, the metal is not killig any functionality of the camera
Analog Things thank you so much (: I just removed the front part so hopefully this ends well!
@@AnalogThings Awesome channel! do all of the sx-70 model's front part work the same or does the alpha model have some technological advances? My front metal plate got bent, the ejection plate. (Alpha model owner)
What if you did clear on the black camera??? I bet it could be pretty interesting. :)
doesn't look that nice with the view on all parts
Was curious if you done something/with/reskinned the camera yet?
Have two models I'm working on/going too(model 3, and a sonar)
Yeah when I posted I thought it could go both ways it could look really cool or look really bad.
why do people never use heat its tacky so it should loosen
I would try using a plastic razor to remove the leather. They are usually used to remove decals from cars but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work for this.
ah thats a good idea, do you know where to get them?
I think that Bauhaus sells them but I could be wrong. They are probably on Amazon somewhere.
You get leather $10-15 max .laser cut it and you just got $22?
I have two Polaroids that I found in my collection camera's, but one likenyous here doesn't work, I tried with film and nothing happened. Buaaaa
The other one is a SX-70 sonar, but I don't get nice pictures.
you could try sending them to polaroid originals for repair
Thanks!
I've also whant to say, thanks to you, I learned take pictures with the Polaroid.
oh thats great, love to get more people into polaroid
Hi. This is so cool. Now I think i am instructed to get my own Land Camera and re-fabric it with a lila fabric (like amethyst color). I am now looking for a working Land Camera in silver or in ivory under 100€ and want to re-fabric it on my own with this help from you. Das ist so lässig. Habe mich immer schon gefragt, wie das wohl gehen soll, die so schön neu her zu richten. juhuu. Ich habe mir auch das Schnittmuster herunter geladen und gleich gespeichert. Alte Jeans habe ich noch rum liegen. die mache ich auf eine silberne und falls ich eine ivory bekomme, dann soll da lila Stoff rauf. ich hoffe ich finde einen im Kost-Nix-Laden. :D
D A N K E
Du denkst auch an alles (Schnittmuster!!). Bei uns gibt´s den tollen riesigen Flohmarkt dort habe ich oft Land Camera´s gesehen. Und nie eine gekauft, weil sie immer schäbig aussahen und ich nie wusste wie man die pimpen kann. Also lieben dank für deine Hilfe.
On the black camera i believe some fabric in grey marmor or maybe cork would be stylisch. maybe you find some hemp fabric to put on. :D
How did you call this great knife tool to work with? As your knife is so wonderfully thin a swiss pocket knife won´t work. Ich habe Daumen hoch gegeben und abboniert. Vielen Lieben Dank für das schöne Video. Ich habe noch Kasetten und Polaroids hier bei mir. Finde solche alten Sachen super schön. Einfach so zum Deko machen. :D :D hihi hi
Thanks for this lovely video. Greets from Vienna. Daniela.
how about a forest green or a shade of blue? they have some cool skins over at hugostudio.com (that also might inspire your decision) (: great video!
Hey Zach, thanks for the link, they have some nice work. I like the Voigtländer with the blue leather and metal, nice combination. Currently working on a skin for my Pentacon Six and Kiev 60.
That’s a lot of letter
Carbon fiber? Velvet? Some Art Nouveau drawing with thing golden decorations? It's just up to your immagination: everything goes well with black... Well almost. Please don't choose fuchsia plastic, please...
My camera might fucking die!
There is no need for the knife. Use only the solvant/lighter liquid and your fingers
Hahaha asked the same question 4 months ago^^... if you have an adress for me i´ll send you my opinion of skin for this polaroid ;)
This guy cracks me up. He pronounces it letter instead of leather and sick instead of thick. Not making fun. It’s just funny.😄
Why are you mad about him scratching your camera it looks like you have 50 more of them so