Now that I am mostly recovered from last week’s sickness, I am ready to get back to work on the final stages of the painting process. All of the masking that I applied to the camera for the internal paint work had to be removed, the exterior of the camera had to be cleaned and de-greased, and then the camera needed to be masked again to protect the flat black interior paint. With the masking complete, I was finally able to apply wrinkle paint to the exterior of the camera body, and to several of its ancillary parts. In order to get a finish something similar to the original Mitchell finish, I have found that this particular wrinkle paint needs to be applied in a number of medium coats. Between each coat, the paint is heated with a heat gun to get the wrinkle texture, allowed to cure for an hour or two, then the process is repeated 5 times in order to get a satisfactory finish. The paint that Mitchell used originally left a very rich, highly textured wrinkle finish. Since that paint is banned in California, this is the closest I have been able to get. One of the ways I make the texture as close to the original Mitchell texture as possible is to mist in a very light spray of the wrinkle paint between each coat, just before it’s allowed to sit and cure. By letting it fog in this way, it creates a more raised texture when all of the coats have been applied and fully cured. Once all of the coats of paint are applied, I then let the camera sit to fully cure for 24 hours. I am reasonably happy with the results. You can see me peeling away the masking tape to show both the internal and external paint jobs in the video and images. Now to put everything back together!