Replace the light seals of your good old film camera

Step 2 Clean the film door area.

Here we'll strip the goo-like rotten foam off the film door area. We'll use an alcohol based solvent to soften it, and strip it off using a bamboo skewer. In my case, the cleaning skewer came with the new foam set. Look at the photos below, I have notes on them.

Be careful to keep your fingers off the shutter curtains. They are very fragile, you don't want to ruin them.