Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: All Canadian M3 Black Paint M3
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 00:15:03 -0700 (PDT)

YES I looked at the site.

Did you look at the pic link?

- --- Steve Unsworth <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
> Did you actually look at the site?
> 
> Just in case you didn't have a look at...
>
http://homepage2.nifty.com/Shintaro/aboutpainting.html
> 
> And page down to point 2.
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On
> Behalf Of Javier
> Perez
> Sent: 01 May 2002 06:38
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: All Canadian M3 Black Paint
> M3
> 
> 
> 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...
> 
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