Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Duct tape? DUCT TAPE??? Use gaffer tape and avoid the sticky mess you will get with duct tape. Ken Wilcox At 11:44 AM -0500 2/22/0, steve lehuray wrote: >Austin, >Well OK. We can keep this going.....I have found that a marine grade masking >tape adheres well enough so the nothing gets under it. But I can appreciate >what you are saying so I think a failproof method would be to mask off where >necessary with duct tape but leaving an 1/8" short of where the top plate is >to be painted and then cover that 1/8" with masking tape, for a crisp edge. >Steve >Annapolis > >---------- >>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: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 9:39 AM >> > >> >> 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. >> >> [Austin] I assumed that too...but my concern was that you can't mask it off >> well enough to keep all particulate matter out.... I could be wrong...but >> I'd sure hate to ruin one of these cameras like that... >> >> ----------------- >> DO NOT use the reply fuction! Address any response to wilcox@tir.com - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>