Zorki 5 refinish

[lubitel]

Nice job! I like the design alot. I am about to get my Fed 5 with I-61, and was thinking of doing something like this with it. What kind of paint did you use? Anything I should watch out for?

thanks

 

[Laika]

.... What kind of paint did you use? Anything I should watch out for?

thanks

I used automotive paint in a spray can. The key is in the preparation, the painting is the easy bit. I stripped the camera down, took the body back to bare metal, primer coat and several colour coats and let the paint really cure before building it up again. I know there is a bit more to it than that but taking your time with the prep is the key to a nice job. The biggest pain with this job was cutting the leather for it, with the Z5 its all one piece and the old covering had shrunk so I couldn't use it as a template.