(Topic ID: 330779)
Barnstable, MA
Ottawa, ON
I give it a good cleaning to get rid of old wax and dirt, then I use bondo to level it, then airbrush the whole circle so the color is uniform.
With a mylar plate over it and in a home use environment, you are good to go
Alberto
To mask off the black line, I use narrow Tamiya masking tape as it's easy to shape to the curve of the circle.
Quoted from Playdium:All good info, thanks! I was concerned about using the DecoArt acrylic paint because of what I read on Vid's restoration page.
What exactly is supposed to be wrong with DecoArt paints? I have DecoArt touch-uos that still look good over 30 years later.
Quoted from Playdium:All good info, thanks! I was concerned about using the DecoArt acrylic paint because of what I read on Vid's restoration page.
Yeah, well, don't be.
Quoted from edednedy:What exactly is supposed to be wrong with DecoArt paints? I have DecoArt touch-uos that still look good over 30 years later.
Just from what I've read on Vid's page. I will try the DecoArt paint as it looks easier to work with.
I exclusively use craft paints like Americana DecoArt and Michaels Craft Smart. I make a mix, paint a sample stripe of the mix on a wood craft stick (basically a tongue depressor or a popsicle stick), dry it for 60 seconds with a blow dryer on the “cool” setting, then compare against what I’m touching up. If not close enough, I add a drop or two of paint to try to improve the mix, and make a new sample stripe of paint next to the last sample and blow it dry on “cool” again, and see how that looks. Repeat until satisfied. This way you take into account color changes that occur while drying.
Quoted from paulace:Wolverine - do you notice any color change when clearing over the craft paints?
I clear with Minwax Polycrylic, and I haven’t noticed any color change.
I wonder if it depends on the color... I cleared a Jungle Queen with Minwax Polycrylic, and the purple/pinks darkened significantly for me. I used One-Shot enamel paints on other parts of the pf and they didn't change color at all...but they're terribly expensive.
Quoted from paulace:Wolverine - do you notice any color change when clearing over the craft paints?
We clear with auto clear, and no color change at all.
Acrylic paint always dries darker. If you put the paint on and it looks like a perfect match while wet... It's too dark.
I always shoot for it to be a tad lighter.
After it dries, I've never seen any color change with DecoArt or Plaid paints when I clear coat with lacquer.
I know acetone is a pretty nasty carcinogen...but I'm sure breathing a bunch of either one isn't good for you. I wonder if mineral spirits would remove old wax? That seems to be a relatively safe product to work with. Maybe someone out there knows.
Quoted from paulace:I know acetone is a pretty nasty carcinogen...but I'm sure breathing a bunch of either one isn't good for you. I wonder if mineral spirits would remove old wax? That seems to be a relatively safe product to work with. Maybe someone out there knows.
Use acetone and your playfield problems are over. You won't have one any longer.
Use naphtha
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