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Flat black spiff-up
I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers.
What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. -Lew |
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Flat black spiff-up
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"Lew" wrote: I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers. What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. -Lew Omega use to have a powder coating room for spraying the flat black paint however; a good flat black enamel should be perfect. Like "Rustoleum" Brand. -- LF website http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank |
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Flat black spiff-up
On 1/26/2004 3:52 PM Lew spake thus:
I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers. What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. Try flat black spray paint, which is probably actually lacquer, which is good stuff. About as flat as you're going to get. I haven't done this, but it would help the paint adhesion to bake the carrier after spraying it, say at about 150° (F) in an oven. Does anyone here know (no speculation, pleeze!) whether this is likely to warp the carrier? I wouldn't think so, but as I say, I haven't done this. I do know that this is a good way to get paint to stick on better. Otherwise, it'll be pretty easy to scrape off. -- Focus: A very overrated feature. - From Marcy Merrill's lexicon at Junk Store Cameras (http://merrillphoto.com/JunkStoreCameras.htm) |
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I am afraid of the scrape off issue. I'm planning a mild, fine steel wooling
followed by a wipe by a paint thinner dampened cloth. Then paint. -Lew |
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Flat black spiff-up
"Lew" wrote in message ...
I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers. What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. -Lew The best paint is Krylon Ultra-Flat-Black. It comes in spray cans. It is AFAIK, the most absorptive paint on the market. It will take a reasonable amount of heat. This is the stuff to use in touching up shiny areas in cameras, etc. For small areas or for use on lens element edges spray some into a small container and apply it with a brush. Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Flat black spiff-up
"Lew" wrote
I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers. What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. One alternative is just to sand the shiny spots. In any case, it is doubtful that the shiny spots are contributing to fog. If you need to repaint then I would recommend: Flat black spray enamel is most likely what the factory used. They are all about the same and available from autoparts or hardware stores. Water base and oil base paints are for painting wood, and won't stick to metal. Use the following steps to paint: Sand the old paint with fine sandpaper so that it is uniformly sanded everywhere. The hardware store sells special 'wet' sandpaper for sanding old paint. Wipe down with acetone/paint thinner/etc. Some folks wash with dish detergent and hot water, a spell in the dishwasher works quite well. Only handle the carrier with gloves or a paper towel from now till it is painted. Spray in several thin coats, leaving paint to dry for about 20 minutes between coats. And the most important step: Preheat your kitchen oven to 300F. Place the carrier in the oven for 20 minutes. Enamel _must_ be baked on. If you are painting bare metal, follow the above sequence twice, the first time with an etching metal primer. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. |
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Flat black spiff-up
Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
"Lew" wrote I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers. What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. One alternative is just to sand the shiny spots. In any case, it is doubtful that the shiny spots are contributing to fog. If you need to repaint then I would recommend: Flat black spray enamel is most likely what the factory used. My Beseler ones all appear to be black anodized aluminum. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ Registered Machine 73926. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 11:00am up 20 days, 22:25, 2 users, load average: 2.16, 2.13, 1.97 |
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Flat black spiff-up
"Jean-David Beyer" wrote
My Beseler ones all appear to be black anodized aluminum. Mine (45MX) are stamped steel, matte black (not flat black) paint. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. |
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Flat black spiff-up
On 1/27/2004 8:03 AM Jean-David Beyer spake thus:
Nicholas O. Lindan wrote: "Lew" wrote I'd like to re-paint the shiny areas of my old Beseler negative carriers. What kind of paint should I use? The water base, oil base, and/or enamel flat blacks available in my hardware store all seem to be too glossy. One alternative is just to sand the shiny spots. In any case, it is doubtful that the shiny spots are contributing to fog. If you need to repaint then I would recommend: Flat black spray enamel is most likely what the factory used. My Beseler ones all appear to be black anodized aluminum. Well, my Beseler 6x9 carrier (#8062) is black anodized, as is my 35mm carrier (#8053), but the 35mm carrier I just sold (same #) was plain aluminum. Go figure. -- Focus: A very overrated feature. - From Marcy Merrill's lexicon at Junk Store Cameras (http://merrillphoto.com/JunkStoreCameras.htm) |
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