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Spent 3 hours on a stuck filter ring, a hairdryer was the answer and I feel dumb
Last month I had a Nikon 50mm come in with a filter welded on so tight I thought the front element was toast. Tried the rubber band trick, the filter wrench, even a little WD40 on a q tip, and nothing budged until I hit it with a hairdryer for 90 seconds. Anyone else got a go to for these or am I just late to the party?
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paigewood15d ago
Funny how heat is the answer to so many stuck things. Rusted bolts, stubborn jar lids, and now camera filters. My wife laughs at me because I keep a heat gun in the kitchen drawer next to the spatulas. The trick is patience, you gotta warm the metal slow so it grows a hair before the glass does. Cold works too on the flip side, a little canned air upside down can shrink a stuck ring if you get the right spot. You're not late, you just learned the one thing nobody puts in the manual.
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