How to repaint Lens Markings / Lettering on Vintage Manual Camera Lenses

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@ASMRlicious 8 ай бұрын

I see this video is already 5 years old, but just wanted to let all Canon FD owners watching this: Get a wet wipe, even baby wet wipe, and try to brush the numbers with the wet wipe, and all the dirt will come off! I've done this to over 20 lenses. Trust me, you don't need to paint them. Now, back to the video, GREAT VIDEO!! Thank you for sharing the process

@ovi-diy 4 ай бұрын

I'm also a Canon FD fan. I've got a 24mm F2.8 SSC used, but the guy spraypainted the whole lens (first in silvver, then in black over it). So I took the whole thing apart and cleaned the paint, but some markings went away also.. I was thinking of painting with a needle, but this method seems much easier. I'll do a video and share it with you guys :)

@GaitaPonto 5 жыл бұрын

nice job, I would recommend cleaning the areas that will be painted with isopropyl alcohool before applying the new paint, to remove any grease or oil.

@BartechTV 5 жыл бұрын

Very good idea. Thanks for your suggestion.

@scott-ish404 3 жыл бұрын

And if one get can hold of it (in my country you'd need a special license for buying it): acetone. As it's even more effective in removing grease off surfaces, even lens elements in binoculars which usually get get tainted with the instrument's own focusing mechanism's grease.

@gillesmatteo7325 3 жыл бұрын

@@scott-ish404 Won't Acetone dissolve all lens paint?

@momentarylapses5784 2 жыл бұрын

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@howardmaryon-davis666 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. To the point and no unnecessary intro. Thanks for the info, I will try to do my own lenses now. This would certainly help to freshen up lenses that I am going to sell.

@patrickrostker6693 Жыл бұрын

Great video, seems like the best method anyone can attempt. I have read that folks use micro pipettes or like 2 hair brushes but that's being overly tedious in my opinion (respectable;e by any means of course) , when in fact its easier to wipe away excess like you do here, make it look so good! Fantastic work!

@fedvvvv 3 жыл бұрын

Looks absolutely amazing. I'm tempted to try it.

@kingderamos Жыл бұрын

can enamel paint be used on camera bodies aswell?

2 жыл бұрын

I have a lens from 79 and it had some yellowing on the markings but I cleaned them off with isopropyl alcohol and it's like brand new.

@TiMCoop3r 6 жыл бұрын

this is awesome! what about cleaning the metal? and rubber? cheers

@simonc4764 3 ай бұрын

What type of paint ideal for lens nameplate? The Zeiss Biotar and other Est German lens the letterings look like matt white

@creepyoldhouseexplorersclub 2 жыл бұрын

The Correct way!! I been wondering if the white is yellow from dirt or age, maybe both?? - wonder cleaning with denatured alcohol and a qTip

@dank420bluntz 2 жыл бұрын

really good results, im going to do this!

@vladimirorodrigues 10 ай бұрын

what is the best way to try to fix one lens that it have all the numbers scratched ? the barrel is white were it was scratched, someone did it to hide the numbers sadly but i will love to recover this 45 years old lens

@chriswhelan3412 2 жыл бұрын

I use a cotton swab dampened with window cleaner (Windex) and work it over the painted numbers. You'll be surprised at the amount of soil that it will remove with little chance of damaging the surfaces. I would use your paint method as a last resort and only if some of the original paint was missing. It's a good video overall.

@samipso Жыл бұрын

I got good results with that (not window cleaner, kitchen cleaner). Soak it a little. Then i cover it with a paper towel of some sorts and gently tap and rub it with a toothbrush. You can do this until the paint becomes too soft and starts bleeding out. But I found that this method didn't really work too well on old lenses. It would never return to the original color.

@DerSchoermbro 4 жыл бұрын

I find that most of the time when the markings look like this it's enough to just clean them out with a toothbrush and some ipa, but be careful not to overclean it and actually clean out the paint aswell!

@HenkdenBok 5 ай бұрын

Exactly. In most cases, the paint isn't yellowed at all, just dirty. The fine hairs of the (tip of the) toothbrush will gently kick/brush out the dirt from the grooves. I use 70% alcohol. That has a 30% water in it so it can also dissolve skin salts residues. If it's just/only grease, IPA will do fine. If, after trying this, the paint really turns out to have yellowed - you can do the repainting trick from the OP or leave it yellow, adding to the vintage character of the lens :-)

@silvere36 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Great job! Do you have any recommendations for black area touch up?

@BartechTV Жыл бұрын

I have used a spray paint, matt jet black RAL 9005. I don't spray it directly onto the lens, I spray a little into a pot and then use a small brush to apply it to the areas on the lens that need touching up.

@silvere36 Жыл бұрын

@@BartechTV tx