Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin, Well OK. We can keep this going.....I have found that a marine grade masking tape adheres well enough so the nothing gets under it. But I can appreciate what you are saying so I think a failproof method would be to mask off where necessary with duct tape but leaving an 1/8" short of where the top plate is to be painted and then cover that 1/8" with masking tape, for a crisp edge. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com> >To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] M4-P black chrome finish problems >Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 9:39 AM > > > like it would be possible to strip it down with the top >> plate >> still in place by being very gentle with a medium sandpaper and a Dremel >> motor tool (on slow) for the hard to get at places. >> >> [Austin] Wouldn't you worry about getting particulate matter inside the >> body, ie, the rangefinder, or the film gate/shutter? I'm sure that would >> destroy the camera pretty quickly, and/or make it very difficult to > use... >> > Austin, > Sorry I assumed that anybody would know that when you paint you have to > mask > off everything that is NOT being painted. > > [Austin] I assumed that too...but my concern was that you can't mask it off > well enough to keep all particulate matter out.... I could be wrong...but > I'd sure hate to ruin one of these cameras like that... > > ----------------- >