Resurrecting this thread due to relevance in what I'm doing now.

I'm working on a WCS. I didn't realize this during teardown but someone had stripped out the post to the left of the playfield and elected to screw in two new star posts instead of fixing the stripped hole.

Teardown photo:

Teardown.png

I fixed the post by purchasing a bolt from the hardware store but I'm left with two screw holes in the playfield. The holes will be covered by a plastic so I doubt they'll be all that visible. I'm not so worried about matching the white but a little worried about matching the teal. Here's where I'm at:

Damage.png

Several ignorant questions -

1) Will the screw holes potentially get worse if I don't address this?

2) I'm assuming it's suggested I use something like this to tap the holes down:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/30763028?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227020708315&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=52469961375&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=79546037295&veh=sem

3) I have a stack of Army Painter paints I use for modeling. Will that be sufficient for this type of touchup? Any tips for color matching that teal? I planned to mix blue and white on a palette to see how close I could get. At least it won't be too visible.

4) Can someone link me good clear to use? Lots of links. I have young kids and repair in an unfinished basement. I'm a little concerned over all of the hazard warnings.

Thanks in advance for the info.