Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 03/20/2012 04:07 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT to gun refinishers.... how can I turn chrome > plated brass to black? > To:<lug at leica-users.org> > > Thanks Frank > > I was hoping there was an alternative to paint, to turn a Nikon S2 into > black. > > Vick Brass Black only works on bare brass, and the "black" varies depending on the particular alloy of brass used. In my experience chrome plating will prevent the desired reaction taking place, though you might get an interesting piebald effect if your S2 is brassed in spots... -- C. L. Basso Walled Lake, Mich. "His every breath a kind of ebb that leaves him further from himself, he floats rather than steers to the island of the mad - beyond all trade-routes, in a doldrum sea, its high crags burning." -- Mervyn Peake, /Gormenghast/