I agree, Giles, but the original message suggested that one could use
a toothpick or something alike and scratch out the top layer (coloured
lettering) only...
Does anyone know if the Olympus aperture rings are anodized, rather
than painted black?
Frank.
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:55:09 +0000, "Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>This could be explained if the black is not paint, but anodizing. Then it
>would be easy to imagine that someone could use a solvent which would
>remove the paint but leave the anodizing intact.
>
>Physical abrasion/ wear, would affect both paint and anodizing.
>
>Giles
>
>Frank van Lindert wrote:
>
>
>> Since then I have always thought that the engraving of the lettering took
>> place after the black paint had been applied. Am I wrong? It seems a bit
>> odd that you can 'erase' the orange foot-scale with the black paint
>> remaining in place, when ordinary wear takes away both paint layers at
>> the same time...
>
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