There was an article in Modern Photography must be 15 years ago about re-finishing cameras. I believe they were using a spray enamel. (Don't shoot I'm doing this from memory and it was a long time ago). At 09:20 PM 7/10/2001 -0400, you wrote: >The glossy black is matched closely by Dupli-Color Gloss >Black. Dupli-Color is the car touch up paint sold at >Wal-Mart, Auto Zone, amongst others. Flat black is harder to >match there seems to be an infinite number of shades. > >If it is just nicks and/or slight brassing you can carefully >retouch it with a fine tip brush (don't use the awful thing >that is built into the cap of the paint bottle). If it needs >major refinish take the top and bottom covers off, strip, >and respray. Usually around the mirror housing. etc., just >needs minor retouching. > >Have fun. If you start with a camera you value highly I >disclaim all responsibility. If you practice a bit and are >not happy with the results I will reimburse you every cent >you paid for this free advice. <GRIN> > >--Tom > > > >Luis Pinar wrote: > > > > Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > 'Seriously, since I have had good luck retouching black > > cameras I tend to prefer them for users.' > > > > I'd like to know about that, especially DIY > > refinishing. > > Luis > >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
