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Best way to touch up and spot clear this nick

By The_Director

6 years ago

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So, I repair games all the time, but I've never gotten too crazy into the cosmetic side when it comes to the playfield as I'm not much of an artist. However, I picked up a beautiful (red cab, yes RED) Indy-500 which is nice outside of needing a shop on the playfield and this small, pen sized annoying nick.

What would be the best, easiest way to go about touching this up properly and spot clearing? No, I don't want to take the whole playfield apart, I don't want to do anything crazy. If I can just make this 90% disappear to the naked eye and be preserved so it won't wear again, I'll be good with that.

Let me know your thoughts -- thanks!

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You'll likely get a million opinions on this, but here's my method: Clean the spot thoroughly with naptha. Mix up a match with craft acrylics for the darker of the two pixellated colors and paint in the spot. Make sure to test by drying your color with a hair dryer on a piece of scrap that you can hold next to the spot to get the color very close. If you are satisfied with it, then no need to go further. If you want it to disappear more, then mix up the lighter color and dot it in with a needle, like you are making a tattoo. After you have matched the spot, make sure it is fully dry and then mask the area and lightly dust it over with some clear acrylic to seal it.

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