how to paint M6 black chrome?

[ywenz]

The top surface of the top plate of my M6 black chrome has its paint worn down to the zinc by the film advance lever. How do I go about touching up this small area? What paint out there would match most closely with the color and luster of the Leica black chrome?

 

[Kim Coxon]

The Humbrol "satin black" is the best match I can think of but I am not sure you can get it over there. Failing that, try mixing the flat and gloss black enamels from microtools untill you get a good match. Another trick is to use talc the flatten gloss paint slightly.

BTW did you get the CV lens sorted?

Kim

 

[ywenz]

Kim, I ordered a spanner tool from Micro-Tools. Hopefully that will be it.. I'd rather not to send it out and have someone else repair it for $100. Especially if it's that simple..

 

[Kim Coxon]

I haven't had to work on a CV yet but if you have problems when the spanner arrives, drop me a line and I wil try to help.

You need to be careful with a lens spanner coming, you will be looking for FSU glass next. 😛

Kim

Kim, I ordered a spanner tool from Micro-Tools. Hopefully that will be it.. I'd rather not to send it out and have someone else repair it for $100. Especially if it's that simple..

 

[tajart]

touch up

touch up

i'd venture to say, without having any idea of how much touch up is needed...if it isn't too terribly large an area, one might try a waterproof black sharpie. if it looked horrible it could easily be cleaned off with some alcohol on a q-tip.
my m6, vintage pre-lug bumpers and w leitz roundel, has strap wear about the lugs. before i came to love the chrome showing through patina, i black taped the areas which also served as thin bumpers.

 

[Xmas]

Unless you plan on removing it before you sell it will reduce the resale value?

Noel

 

[ghost]

i was just about to say the same thing.

take the "opportunity" to replace it with a new a la carte top plate of your choice, and tweak the lever back into place.

 

[ywenz]

ghost: interesting idea. Am I able to purchase just a a la carte top plate and base plate? It'd be wonderful if I can easily upgrade from the chrome black to black paint! Although since I have the M6 classic, I can only fit MP top plates and I don't know if the RF adjustment screw on the MP top plate will fit the M6 classic design.