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Tinkerer
Username: Curator
Post Number: 3
Registered: 01-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 10:15 am: | 
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I repaint a variety of cameras and equipment and most of the time use Rustoleum because it flows and covers well, but it takes a long time to dry. For small areas, I use a touch-up brush. For larger areas, I use an air brush or a spray can. The spray can is convenient but doesn't always produce a good finish.
Very careful masking and cleaning is important. A lens - other than touch up - is hard because you have to disassemble it to do a first-class job.
If you use bulk paint out of a can, you can mix several glosses to get the one you need. You can do that with spray cans for touch up by spraying proportionate amounts of two glosses into a small container and mixing them. If the gloss out of a single spray can is O.K., I often spray paint onto the tip of a small brush then do touch up with the brush.
No matter what, it takes a lot of time to do it right. - Malcolm |
