Painting cameras black?

[ftw1952]

Back in the day, there was a a primer that we used to bite into hard-to-paint metal. Can't recall what it was called, but it had a greenish-yellow cast or color when dried. (Maybe Zinc-chromate?)

Something like this might work well on inexpensive cameras.

Emron was used in the 70's on semi trucks. It was scratch proof paint and deadly when applied without a respirator.

 

[ftw1952]

Back in the day, there was a a primer that we used to bite into hard-to-paint metal. Can't recall what it was called, but it had a greenish-yellow cast or color when dried. (Maybe Zinc-chromate?)

Something like this might work well on inexpensive cameras.

Emron was used in the 70's on semi trucks, stowage tanks and so on. It was scratch proof primer paint and deadly when applied without a respirator. It is outlawed now and a chincy etching primer is used now instead. I primed my hot rod with Emron (a Sherwin Williams paint) and a nail could not scratch the paint away from the metal. It was the best primer in its day

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Imron is not a primer, but a super-hard Dupont polyurethane 2-part glossy paint, still available, but would be a horrific finish for cameras, because of the way it has to be handled.