Hi Kelton,
I had the same problem with my OM4ti - there was no white paint left on the
mirror housing. (after all, it as a pretty bargain).
What I did was follows: because I did not want to cause any irreversible change
to the (black) paint structure of the body, I used acrylic paint (white, in my
case). I think this kind of paint can be removed easily when neccessary. I
filled the recesses with a thin brush and made shure there was enough of it. I
removed the excess paint with a rubber tool, which I made by cutting an erazer
rubber into two with a sharp knife. Thereby I got a flexible tool to wipe away
the paint. I waited for some minutes for the paint to almost dry, and removed
the rest with a wet tissue.
Now my OM 4 Ti looks alright again. You might remove the rest of the remaining
black letter paint before applying the acrylic paint in order to get a unique
colour. You should also consider that the chrome finish is somewhat more roght
than the black paint that covers a black OM4ti. Therefore be extra careful to
remove any excess paint.
Hope this might help you,
Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelton Rhoads <krho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus List <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 2:19 AM
Subject: [OM] My OIVMPIIS
> I have a nice chrome OM-2 in about 8.5 condition, but its looks are
> degraded by the fact that some of the paint (or whatever it is) has
> fallen out of the words "OLYMPUS" on the pentaprism. In fact, mine reads
> "OIVMPIIS," to be precise. I'd love to turn my oivmpiis back into an
> olympus but I have no idea how they flow that black paint into the
> recesses of the stamped letters so beautifully. If I were to guess, I'd
> say that the paint was put in place in a powdered form and then
> reconstituted within the recesses of the stamped letters in order to get
> that perfect flow that doesn't reach beyond the boundaries set by the die
> impression. But in truth, I have no idea. How do they do it? How do they
> get the paint, not only there, but on the R for the rewind, and for the
> ON and OFF of the meter, to stay within the boundaries of the die stamped
> impressions so perfectly? --Kelton
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