Relieving your housing main oring once installed??what do you use??

[chris kippax]

Hi allI am wondering what implements you guys, that do relieve your housings main oring use?I have heard of tooth picks/fingers/other various tools. As a diesel fitter i am always relieving orings but in much more forgiving applications I use a snap on seal pick, it is sharp and hard exactly what you dont want!! So I was wondering if anyone has seen a factory made "soft blunt plastic seal pick"??Thanks guys

 

[muzikbiz22]

Guitar picks or "plectrums". Usually a Fender Thin or comparable.

 

[Searcaigh]

Paper kitchen towel and push the O-ring from two points and it pops up easy to remove.

 

[Diver Dave1]

I use a DAN membership card. Slim enough yet sturdy enough.

 

[James R]

Paper kitchen towel and push the O-ring from two points and it pops up easy to remove.

This is what i do, but I don't use a paper towel.

 

[TSandM]

I'm like JamesK. I just push the o-ring together from two spots. It arches up and can easily be grasped and removed.

 

[kidsdream]

I use hotel key cards. I prefer ones from memorable hotels.

 

[Searcaigh]

I'm like JamesK. I just push the o-ring together from two spots. It arches up and can easily be grasped and removed.

This is possible too of course, however the paper towel I find gives a better grip.

For the O-ring on the Nikonos connection it is so easy to squeeze and remove. I don't like to use anything that could possible damage the O-ring

 

[jameseg]

I use the thin side of a cheap Pampered Chef plastic orange peeler with good success. Sounds strange, but it was the first thing in the house that I found that looked like it would work, so it became a permanent part of my camera kit.

The Pampered Chef, Ltd.

James

 

[coralcruiser]

This is what i do, but I don't use a paper towel.

Ditto.... however sometimes I can't squeeze it up high enough to grip it and that's when I used a plastic pick to get under it so it doesn't go back down into the housing.