Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M4-P black chrome finish problems
From: "steve lehuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:42:53 -0500

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>From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
>To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] M4-P black chrome finish problems
>Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2000, 6:40 PM
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> it looks to me like it would be possible to strip it down with the top
> plate
> still in place by being very gentle with a medium sandpaper and a Dremel
> motor tool (on slow) for the hard to get at places.
>
> [Austin] Wouldn't you worry about getting particulate matter inside the
> body, ie, the rangefinder, or the film gate/shutter?  I'm sure that would
> destroy the camera pretty quickly, and/or make it very difficult to use...
>
Austin,
Sorry I assumed that anybody would know that when you paint you have to mask
off everything that is NOT being painted.
Steve
Annapolis
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