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[Mareklew]

Recently I was left baffled, when after thoroughly cleaning a beautiful silver Carl Zeiss Tessar I found the lettering from the front ring gone. Apparently, the paint dissolved in cigarette lighter fluid. Well, the ring was smeared with some marker-

[Ron_g]

Excellent work.That attention to detail is what separates some of us from the true craftsman.My hat is off to you.Ron G

[Mareklew]

Thanks

[Elwrongo]

Good work, I've been wondering about how to approach this for some time. I thought of paint pens etc from car shops. The say no to acrylic tip is a good one. What about just cleaning lettering that is just filled with dirt and grease? I generally just

[Mareklew]

Elwrongo: in the Cheap thrills thread there was a good tip too: use Lacquer stick - solid paint that's made specially for this use. Available at http://www.micro-tools.de and [url=http://www.micro-tools

[Paul Ron]

Beautiful job, well done.

[Mndean]

Mareklew,
 
Wonderful job! I used to paint models (airbrush and hand) and learned many tricks and how a steady hand would get excellent results. You seem to have done an admirable fix without the years of experience I had to have to be good at it.

[Mareklew]

Mndean, I also used to paint models, albeit rather simple ones, as a kid still.

 I never really got the hang of it and gave it up before I left school.
 
But it was wh

[Elwrongo]

Thanks for the great tutorial Mareklew, I've been baffled by this problem for a while. I tried your method and it works great. I also now have a stock of Humbrol paints and may find myself unable to resst buying a Hurricane Mark 1 model.

[Adrian]

Nice work, Marek!
 
Humbrol Matt Black (number 33) is also a good non-reflective black for touching up the insides of your camera. I used it on a Retinette to cover the scratches I'd made trying to unscrew the rear lens element, left it to dry(