Refurbish Leica M

[lamemoria]

Hello,

I was wondering if it was possible to cosmetically clean up an old Leica M--that is ,fix the chips in the silver areas, as there are many small marks. Will Leica repaint the camera?

Thanks

[MikeL]

Hi lamemoria,
I'm not sure if Leica will, but here is some info on others:
repaint (http://www.nemeng.com/leica/004b.shtml)

[bob cole]

I'd like to suggest two places to repaint your camera -- both expensive -- and then add my own experience:


http://homepage2.nifty.com/Shintaro/top1.html

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/page3.html


Some time ago I bought a Nicca camera on xbay with a tiny spot on the chrome top plate, which I discussed with a great Leica repairman, Dan Goldberg of DAG in Wisconsin, who told me the top plate was brass and that if I painted over it, it would not rust because the plate was brass. So I bought a can of aluminum spray paint and very carefully applied a tiny spec of aluminum paint with a Q-tip. You'd never know the spot was there...You might try that on just one tiny spot and see what happens...If you don't like it, you can just remove it... regards, bob