On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, John A. Lind wrote:
>
> I've been looking for a method for restoring the lettering on my
> OM-4. Someone (John H. or Clint) mentioned a method using a pigmented ink
> pen some time ago. Been looking for a suitable one to do a home version of
> "fill and wipe" to restore the "OM-4" and some of the "Olympus" lettering
> that has chipped out of my OM-4 body.
The front lettering on the OM bodies is quite easy to repaint. Since the
letters are large and deep, it takes a lot of paint (relatively speaking) to
fill them. I've found that white Testors model paint is a good match for the
factory paint. If you're careful and deposit a small amount of paint at a
time, you won't need to "wipe" anything. I use a needle to carefully apply
the paint one drop at a time. Capillary action draws the paint up the sides
and makes a perfect edge. Usually 2-3 drops of paint per letter is sufficient.
The results tend to look better after you've done a few dozen times :-)
-mark
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