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I finally got a pin...RESTORED AND LOVING IT.
shardian:
Finished all the touch-ups last night. Me and the wife tag-teamed it all. The color matches for yellow, magenta, and orange aren't 'dead ringers', but the time/quality tradeoff for someone who doesn't know what they are doing dictated that it was good enough. No pictures for now, but I'll try to get some up tommorrow.
shardian:
Here are some pics of the touchups. I decided to completely repaint the upper pop bumper area to make it look more even. It turned out really, really nice. I have been considering also doing the lower pop bumper, but think I'll just live with it. The brush line reducer stuff works wonders with uniformity of the paint. You don't really paint at that point, you just drip the paint on in a uniform way. It dries level, flat, and smooth (After 24-48 hours of course!).
Another thing you will notice is that one of the colors isn't quite right. Well you can thank my wife for that! I kept telling her that adding white would 'whiten' the color too much. She insisted, so we went ahead. It doesn't look as bad in real life as the pictures, but is still pretty noticeable if you look closely. It will darken a bit with clear coat though, so I guess I'll stick with it. Magenta darkened much more than the other colors when clear coated in testing.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on September 29, 2008, 09:07:35 am ---The brush line reducer stuff works wonders with uniformity of the paint.
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What's that?
Looks pretty good. Nice job.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 29, 2008, 09:29:48 am ---What's that?
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It is a clear product that helps eliminate brush lines, and greatly extends the dry time of the paint. It can be mixed up to 50/50 with acrylic paint without effecting the color. It is pretty much required to use if you don't want uneven globs of paint on your playfield.
ChadTower:
Poking through michaels.com I see some products called dry time extenders... is that it?
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