re-capping and other restorative measures

[jb143]

do you know of a good meter for this?

I've used Fluke meters professionally in the past, but for hobby use, I'd say any meter that reads capacitance is good enough.

Also with the new caps not reading at the correct values, doesn't this usually happen when caps sit around for awhile, but they charge back up to their correct values when put into regular use? Honestly I forget the details on this.

I've heard of that with things like antique radios but I'm not so sure about modern components. More likely the values are off by trying to guesstimate the values with an ohm meter.