[LargeFormat] Blackening your camera guts....

[Steve Nicholls]

Frank Filippone wrote:
> The method I described is very messy.  Dye does not come off..... ie, do NOT try this in the Living Room on the nice fancy rugs or
> over the dining room table.....  It is an outdoor project, away from the house... I used the grass as a backstop.  It got on my
> hands, and stayed there.  Good thing skin rubs off, and underneath areas are OK.
>
> The alcohol mix was about 4 oz of alcohol to about a half teaspoon of Aniline Dye.  Applied by ( cheapo) paint brush.  You could use
> less.  The Dye comes from places like Woodcraft ( www.woodcraft.com ).
>
> It was used on the WOODEN parts of the camera.  Not the metallic parts.  For metal, I recommend the sharpie type markers.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net 
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A set of latex gloves and a supply of cotton wool balls and a "safe" 
splash area will make for almost painless application.

I found a bottle of dye that would also do the same job with the title 
"Raven Black" Mixed like Frank suggested will work fine.

Steve