Gray paint durable as black?

[jamriman]

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Any gray owners have an opinion? I have a black one and think its more durable than the M8.2. Thanks

[Shade]

I think it should be about the same.

[Fotomiguel]

and what about the white pain? Some letters of the back of my camera were already black after two month of using. My father says that my hands sweat off some kind of acid.

Is there a method of repainting the white letters without doing a mess?

[ho_co]

Miguel--

1) Hand acid. I've got the same problem.

 

2) White paint. Check with an art-supply store. There's a kind of white crayon that you can rub over the engraved places. Doing so fills them with white, but also leaves white marks around the depressions. Then simply take a cloth and wipe across the lettering. That removes the excess surrounding marks, but leaves the filled-in parts.

 

3) Someone probably has a better handle on what to ask for at the art-supply store than I, and will pop up with a correction.

[yanidel]

Mine is gray and the real issue is not so much the paint but the new left cornered design.

Both corners on mine already show brass (6 months after). My M8 shows none after 4 years. Nevertheless, I really don't care about the brass, no big deal to me.

[gravastar]

.................. 3) Someone probably has a better handle on what to ask for at the art-supply store than I, and will pop up with a correction.

 

 

Lacquer-Stik Paintstick, White. Catalog # L51120 from Micro-Tools.

 

You can carefully wipe off any excess with a cloth slightly dampened with isopropyl alcohol or they recommend mineral spirit (I think).

 

 

Bob.

[brill64]

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i have a black m9 and the paint is certainly more hairline scratch resistant than the m8/m8.2 so maybe the grey paint is of a similar formula?

[jamriman]

I read on a previous post that they reformulated the paint to make it stronger than the first few batches. Can anyone confirm?

[Chroma project]

If Leica had a chrome M9 it will definitely be the camera, but this plastically-alike "gray" paint is awful.

[rosuna]

Agree.

[ho_co]

It matches my hair.