On 19 Aug 2002 at 20:57, Richard Chu wrote: > Looking at the bottom of the camera, I see that there > are three screws (actually, there is another one at > the center of the winder coupler). Does the bottom > plate come off when these three screws are removed? > Anything I need to watch out for?
Taking out the three screws will allow the bottom plate to be completely removed. As Bill said you could simply touch up the worn areas with model paingts however it will always look touched up. I have executed a few quick and reasonable re-paint jobs on similar cameras however. There are a wide range of good quality enamel car duco touch-up paints in spray cans, a semi-gloss black should give you the best match. If there are areas of chipped paint you might be best off smoothing the edges of the chipped paint areas using 1600 wet-and-dry abrasive sheet. After you've finished preparing the areas then it should be thoroughly cleaned of dust and grease using methylated spirits (or similar) on a rag. You can then rest it on a couple of up-turned film canisters placed on a large piece of news sheet and spray away. I have not experienced problems with paint peeling though lack of priming however the brass colour will only completely disappear after several coats. Spray many light even coats rather than a couple of heavy ones. The paint must be left to dry between coats however you can speed up the drying process by placing a desk lamp with an incandescent globe over the job. Good luck. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - 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 .
