Sam N
Well-known
We know that a common problem among older black CV lenses is paint loss, especially on knurled areas. Has anyone tried repainting? Is there some sort of touch-up paint for lenses?
justins7
Well-known
I have used black nail polish, which works fine. (Most people don't realize that nail polish is a really useful enamel paint.)
veraikon
xpanner
Brenner at Weiden offers black photoequipment painting colour - and colour sticks for that purpose.
I'll be the minority here: Don't touch it up. Lenses and camera bodies look cool to me; they're character marks!
Sam N
Well-known
Are you talking about http://www.fotobrenner.de/ ? If so, where on the site can I find this?
I'd agree with you if it were nice smooth brassing on a rounded M body, but on knurled edges it just looks like weird high-contrast lines.
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Rogrund
Antti Sivén
To the left:
Sonstiges Zubehör
Bastler-Artikel
Bastler-Artikel f. Reparaturen
There you can find black paint and sticks, glossy (glänzend) and matt
kshapero
South Florida Man
I kinda like brassing but paint chips are kinda ugly. Black nail polish works well for me.
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
why not allow it to age gracefully?
newspaperguy
Well-known
Many sporting goods stores and most gunsmith supply houses offer
"blackening" solutions for both aluminum and brass (two different products.) that work well for touching up worn spots. Generally, they leave a flat finish. Similar solutions are available for steel.
"blackening" solutions for both aluminum and brass (two different products.) that work well for touching up worn spots. Generally, they leave a flat finish. Similar solutions are available for steel.
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Thardy
Veteran
Weird, I did a search on this very subject and couldn't find a thing about it. And then this pops up.