AV-34 text restoration

system · June 21, 2015, 2:23am

I have an AV-34 with some of the text faded and worn away. Does anyone have any tips on restoring the text?

system · July 1, 2015, 4:09pm

Already done, and looking pretty snazzy.

Before restoration:

I used off-white acrylic paint, a fine-tipped paintbrush, and a bobby pin to scrape off the excess. Though it’s not quite as good as new, it’s still way better than it was.

system · July 1, 2015, 8:34pm

It came out looking nice! I did something similar with a BG-10 where some of its paint on the lettering faded.

Pretty cool clear lens version of the AV-34 BTW!

system · July 2, 2015, 1:57pm

Thanks! I’m probably going to do a demo video in the near future.