Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:21 AM 07/04/98 EDT, you wrote: But I am not >going to pay 2 M6=92s for an original M3 and then proceed to beat it up = even >more. Then I rather strip down a chrome one, have it painted and use tha= t one. >I have done several M3=92s and M2=92s in black paint for myself ( they a= re not >sold, nor will I do them for anybody else, just in case!) because they f= eel >nice to shoot with and they do look better than the chrome ones. Tom, For those interested in the process, could you please explain how you str= ip down the chrome and paint the body black. I have been considering repainting a camera body myself, but I'm not sure whether it is too risky to try by myself, without any experience in this kind of thing. - -GH