on 11/28/01 12:59 AM, Dinkar Jhalera at djhalera@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I have not been on the list for a while as I suffered a heart attack in July
> and only now I am getting back to normal. I suppose I will never be the
> same as before.
>
> I have an opportunity to get a fairly used champagne OM 4t from a local
> store. It has got a fairly worn paint on the top and bottom titanium covers
> but no dents or missing covers and comes with a years guarantee. Does
> anyone on the list know if paint on the titanium can be refurbished and if
> so how do you take the top cover off? Also is there any checks I can perform
> to check its operation. I guess being an 4t it would have the later
> circuitry so should not suffer from battery drain problems.
>
> Dinkar
>
Good to hear from you, considering. I suppose if you take the top cover off
the OM-4T then you could strip the Olympus paint (it would probably come off
pretty easily...) and then repaint it. I would want to use some kind of
high-durability epoxy-type paint (airplane paint, a long time ago it was
called Dupont Imron) which is difficult to spray and fairly expensive. The
surface would need to be carefully prepared for best paint sticking, too. I
think for myself I might strip off the old paint and then just polish the
bare titanium, that would look pretty cool in my opinion.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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