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[mika03au]

Any ideas for refurbishing the white painted bits on headlights, wipers, choke, lighter and park brake dash knobs?

There has to be a better method that tiny model airplane paint brushes...

 

[N/A-PWR]

Hi Michael,

 

 if the white circle or letters have a concave groove ( below knob surface ),

 

 just use a liquid paper pen and fill it up and then wipe surface clean.

 

 

 

 

Great thread name

 

 

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Crikie, Jeff is on to it Dammit 

Good man

[StephenSLR]

 just use a liquid paper pen and fill it up and then wipe surface clean.

 

Doesn't that tend to go crusty and cake off after a few uses?

 

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[hanra]

I used white Tamiya Hobby paint and a very very fine paint brush.

[hanra]

I also painted the rest of the symbols.

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Edited by hanra, 17 August 2016 - 04:12 PM.

[Ice]

Just use a fine tip white paint pen, easy.
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This not liquid paper pen sheesh it not paper

[mika03au]

Thanks guys, yes I guess the title of the thread might get a few WTFs!
And yes Brad a steady hand and a little brush would have been easy if I was fresh out of my instrument fitter apprenticeship but fast forward 40 years.
Eyesight and hand skills have deteriorated some what.
Going to buy a paint pen,

[mika03au]

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Edited by mika03au, 01 September 2016 - 05:20 PM.

[Redslur]

Can't you buy all the reproduction knobs now? They are all over ebag!