Re: Spuds

[Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Has anyone tried painting the inside of a Spud with FLAT black model
>paint?

I tried Testors, and three other kinds of paint.  I find flat black paint
still has a little bit of sheen.  Even Krylon "ultra-flat" has a bit of a
sheen, I think. I found a "suede" (flocking) paint which would be nice, but
it does *not* come in black!

>I've got the paint, but haven't yet tried it on the Kindar.  I'll have
>to be VERY careful not to gum up the pivot mechanism.  When I got the
>Kindar, the septum was covered with soot.  I suspect the previous owner
>had applied the soot to kill the reflections.

Soot would be icky, but really flat.  In fact, the flatest black paint I
found was called "lampblack".  Still it's not as flat as flocked paper, but
you don't have to hold your camera in a campfire. :^)

Tom