Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi The camera he shows as a sample which on it's second paint job seems to show chroming rather than brassing. That it's on it's second paint job sez something about the paint. Note that on a factory painted top the proportion of black scratches with respect to metal scratches is high but his scratches all seem to go to metal indicating that the base coat is soft or perhaps non existent. I'm not sure how factories do it but apparently they use several light heterogenous coats and the first ones are dull and extremely hard so that if a scratch does penetrate the semi gloss top coat(s) it still doesn't brass. That's what I heard annyway. But whatever the case, there's a lot more to producing a top quality top plate than painting and baking. Javier - --- "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Javier, > > I see he removes the chrome when I look at his web > site. See the "About > Painting" URL. > > Regards, > > Greg > > Javier Perez wrote: > > >Howdy > >Thanks for the info. > >I have to tell you > >I don't like what I saw. This fellow apparantly > just > >paints over the chrome and seems to use easy to > remove > >Krylon type paint; the kind you can remove with a > >fingernail and determination. He must have started > by > >painting the other kids bikes! A proper paint job > >requires compleat removal of the chrome using acid > >followed by a coat or two of > >industrial grade epoxy or perhaps acrylic based > paint > >and several hours worth of baking. I can do what > he's > >doing myself. In fact I have but the results are > >dreadful in terms of durability, and it can take > >several attempts to get a flawless surface. But I > have > >gotten some beautiful satin black parts with it > after > >a quick bake. > > > >There is a guy out there somewhere who can do a > >professional factory finish so good that if you > send > >it back to Jersey with a dent they will probably > >assume it was an early convesion and sell you a new > >one. But I can't seem to find out who he is. But at > >least I now know where those black IIICs and Fs are > >coming from. > >See Ya > >Javier > > > >--- Bryan Caldwell <bcaldwell51@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > >>Javier, > >> > >>Shintaro finally has a new web site up: > >> > >>http://homepage2.nifty.com/Shintaro/top1.html > >> > >>And includes prices. > >> > >>Bryan > >> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, see > >> > >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > >http://health.yahoo.com > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html