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| Well Fed Games:
Anyone ever used plasti-dip (stuff intended to coat tool handles) to coat their ball top? I've got one with some finish defects I would like to cover and possibly make a little larger. (And yes, now I regret not buying a stick with a replaceable ball top). |
| Harakiri:
I believe most purists wouldn't dip their joysticks in a solution to prevent tingeing and preserve colour match. If you attempt to do so, please post some pictures so we could discuss further on that! :) |
| Gray_Area:
You might be able to buff those out with some very fine steel wool, then polish it if need be with a pad and some rosin. |
| Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on June 05, 2011, 07:22:37 am ---You might be able to buff those out with some very fine steel wool, then polish it if need be with a pad and some rosin. --- End quote --- Yeah, I've done quite a bit trying to fix it with sandpaper, polishing compound, etc., but no luck. Problem is I originally tried to fix some small scratches with a dremel polishing wheel, and made some bad blemishes. If I had just put the thing in my drill chuck to begin with, I would have been fine. Or I guess if the "new" joystick I got from TwistedQuarter hadn't been scratched, I would have been more fine. :banghead: I will probably just order another and have an extra base/switches for the future. |
| SammyWI:
--- Quote from: thefearsomefearful on June 05, 2011, 10:20:14 am --- --- Quote from: Gray_Area on June 05, 2011, 07:22:37 am ---You might be able to buff those out with some very fine steel wool, then polish it if need be with a pad and some rosin. --- End quote --- Yeah, I've done quite a bit trying to fix it with sandpaper, polishing compound, etc., but no luck. Problem is I originally tried to fix some small scratches with a dremel polishing wheel, and made some bad blemishes. If I had just put the thing in my drill chuck to begin with, I would have been fine. Or I guess if the "new" joystick I got from TwistedQuarter hadn't been scratched, I would have been more fine. :banghead: I will probably just order another and have an extra base/switches for the future. --- End quote --- If you're going that far, you might want to switch to a joystick that has a replaceable top. Just so you don't end up with the same problem again. And FWIW, Plasti-dip is kind of a rubbery coating - not really what I'd want on a joystick. |
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