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Bob_l
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Username: Bob_l
Post Number: 8
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 04:35 pm: | 
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Almost all of the point and shoot and some upscale Digital camera have a silver finish on them.
Is there any way to touch up a scuff or nick on these cameras, is there a paint that will match the color or some other way to cover up these blemish's. |
Finnegan
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Username: Finnegan
Post Number: 62
Registered: 09-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2010 - 11:47 am: |
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Try aluminum or silver paint. Dab it on with a sponge, cloth or q-tip. |
Flybye
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Username: Flybye
Post Number: 7
Registered: 01-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 08:17 pm: |
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I have been very curious about this as well. Mine has what looks like tiny blisters (or rust) on it. I've been thinking about removing the advance arm and wire brushing it, but am worried about the results. Are these finishes a paint or just the raw metal itself? |
Finnegan
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Username: Finnegan
Post Number: 150
Registered: 09-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 06:20 pm: |
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Wire brushing will ruin it. Try lighter fluid on a q-tip. If that doesn't work so well, after the q-tipping, try scraping with a thumbnail. It won't damage the finish. Some of these rust dots will pop right off. Try re-doing the q-tip with lighter fluid after a thumbnail scraping or, better yet, rubbing alcohol on a q-tip. |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 257
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 08:01 pm: |
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Flybye,
Camera bodies are usually made of brass and the brass is plated with nickle or chrome. Often, for example with Agfa cameras, the plating is a little on the thin side. The brown (and occasionally green) specks and such on it are where air and moisture has found tiny holes in the finish and the brass is corroding. Metal polish will remove it, but be careful or you can go through the finish. On other cameras, where the body is made of aluminum, as it is on some folders, the leather or leatherette is often held on with shellac, and sometimes a brown residue of this can be found bordering the leather. This can usually be removed with alcohol. Don't use too much or it can get under the leather and loosen it. The brown stuff usually is not rust (although it can look an awful lot like it), unless the camera has a steel body, like the Ciroflex. |
Paul_ron
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Username: Paul_ron
Post Number: 283
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 08:54 pm: |
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Todays digital metal finishes are plated plastic unlike the chrome plated brass of olde. Brassing is not the same anymore n not a good sign on newer cameras. Once called battle scars, now plastic cameras are called junk. |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 264
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 02:18 pm: |
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Missed the part about these being modern digital cameras. Sorry. Digital cameras almost always have plastic or resin bodies. If the finish wears off, I would imagine that the only way to fix it is to strip all the paint off of the part and repaint it. |
