[LargeFormat] Blackening your camera guts....
Steve Nicholls
gl1500 at internode.on.net
Tue Jul 18 20:43:44 EDT 2006
Frank Filippone wrote:
> The method I described is very messy. Dye does not come off..... ie, do NOT try this in the Living Room on the nice fancy rugs or
> over the dining room table..... It is an outdoor project, away from the house... I used the grass as a backstop. It got on my
> hands, and stayed there. Good thing skin rubs off, and underneath areas are OK.
>
> The alcohol mix was about 4 oz of alcohol to about a half teaspoon of Aniline Dye. Applied by ( cheapo) paint brush. You could use
> less. The Dye comes from places like Woodcraft ( www.woodcraft.com ).
>
> It was used on the WOODEN parts of the camera. Not the metallic parts. For metal, I recommend the sharpie type markers.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
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A set of latex gloves and a supply of cotton wool balls and a "safe"
splash area will make for almost painless application.
I found a bottle of dye that would also do the same job with the title
"Raven Black" Mixed like Frank suggested will work fine.
Steve
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