Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:06 PM 12/20/96 -0700, you wrote: >Does anyone have a tried and true procedure for refilling the white paint in >the engraving on a leica? I've several lenses and a body that have lost most >of the fill in the engraving and it bugs the hell out of me. > >Not to be rude, but I'm looking for what works, not some ideas to try (I'm >sick of experimenting). > >Anybody? > >ben I take a dampened toobruth, dampened in alcohol and scrub out the engravings and then revil the engravings with a laquer stick of the right color. a local technician taught me this. Go to a hardware or local mill supply store and they will have the colored sticks. Tool & die makers use them all the time. Hope this helps. Bill Grimwood