Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] White Stuff for the Numbers on Lenses
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:43:53 -0400

I've used white enamel paint from a hobby shop for such repaintings.  You 
first should clean them as much as possible

Skip

At 9/23/99 10:19 PM  -0400, you wrote:

>I've gotten beautiful old 35 Summicron-R that makes incredibly nice
>pictures.  But the white numbers have become so dull with age that I can
>hardly read them.  Is there a source for white paint to refill the engraved
>numbers?  And is there a technique for doing it?  I know I could send it to
>DAG, but I'd like to do it myself.


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Skip Williams
Westfield, NJ
skipwilliams@pobox.com
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