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Painting over scratches on lens elements?

 
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antjam65



Joined: 27 Dec 2001
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Location: MA, USA

PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen it mentioned recently (in this forum?) that scratches on lenses can be blacked-out with ink or paint to lessen (or nullify?) their effect... does anyone out there know if this works and, if so, how it's done? What kind of ink/paint do you use? I assume some of it would get on parts of the glass that you don't want to black-out - can you just wipe off the excess?
I have a lens I'd like to try this on.
Thanks very much.
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Les



Joined: 09 May 2001
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Location: Detroit, MI

PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never heard it done with scratches, but have heared it done with chip. A friend of mine had a 14" comerical ektar with a chunk out of the front element about the size of a pencil eraser. He carefully covered the interior of the crater with black laquer--the sheen doesn't matter since you are rying to ke stray light rays out. he claimed it didn't hinde the performance of the lens, but when i had a bit of mud on a sky filter in front of my lens it made a huge difference. Like they say in retail--location locationlocation

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