How can we lume it instead paint it??
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Hey guys,
Borrwing this thread a bit. About to repaint my 116520 bezel as the engravings have started to wear off. Bought Humbrol Black Gloss 21 enamel and some Humbrol Thinner. My
plan is to clean the remaining paint from the engravings, clean the bezel, apply some colour using either a super thin brush I bought or a toothpick, then remove the excess paint using the thinner, and finally polish with a microfibre cloth. Having search various forums and post I’m still a bit uncertain to whether the thinner should work to clean the excess paint? I’ve seen people using Silicon remover or even aceton.
Grateful for any tips you guys have to share.
Thanks,
S
Hey guys,
Borrwing this thread a bit. About to repaint my 116520 bezel as the engravings have started to wear off. Bought Humbrol Black Gloss 21 enamel and some Humbrol Thinner. My
plan is to clean the remaining paint from the engravings, clean the bezel, apply some colour using either a super thin brush I bought or a toothpick, then remove the excess paint using the thinner, and finally polish with a microfibre cloth. Having search various forums and post I’m still a bit uncertain to whether the thinner should work to clean the excess paint? I’ve seen people using Silicon remover or even aceton.
Grateful for any tips you guys have to share.
Thanks,
S
I would try an alcohol wipe first to remove excess paint. I actually use lens cleaner wipes until they dry out, then re-soak them with alcohol. Wave them around in the air to let the alcohol dry out some and then re-use them 4 -5 times. They are soft and durable and don't leave scratches. But don't be overly aggressive with them either. These are perfect for cleaning crystal BTW, that's why I first got them.
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If alcohol won't do it, acetone is my next step (Goof Off). Use a TINY amount and left it air dry on the wipe before swiping it across the bezel surface. It won't hurt SS or ceramic.
Let the paint dry for 20-30m then tried to wipe it with aceton and q-tip. It took all the paint in he engravings with it. Think I might have used too thick paint - should maybe had dilute it with some thinner? Now it’s all cleaned up again. Will do another attempt tomorrow.
https://imgur.com/a/JmduOJN
I wouldn't use a Q-tip, they are too bulbous and hairy. You need to use wipe which is ultra thin and won't dip into the engraving at all and drag paint away from it.
Also just a tiny bit of acetone, air dried a little on the wipe. The excess paint should not come off in one swipe, that's how you know you're amount of acetone is right. Might take 4 or 5 swipes and some medium pressure.
Hmm ok. No access to wipes atm. Aceton + kitchen towels/cotton works? Otherwise Will try to source some wipes tomorrow
I've also read about one member using a toothpick to push the excess paint off a bezel without touching the paint inside the markers. Seems like that would be pretty tedious, but his result was perfect. I believe that bezel was ceramic which is more resistant to scratching so maybe something with a soft tip to just drag the paint off. An eraser tip maybe? An old soft tip stylus?
Good tips in this thread. I used a mix of two Kreul acryl matte colors, pastel white and silver in a 2/3 to 1/3 ratio.
I used pastel white as it already has a light beige tint.
What you guys think?
That looks nice bro. So it's acrylic paint and 2/3 white? How did you remove the overspill?