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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.

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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.

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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.



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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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