[ARC5] Lazy Man's Way to Fix Black Wrinkle

[arc5 at ix.netcom.com]

Have a black-wrinkle set with a lot of little scratches 
that make it look ugly?
Well here's the lazy man's way to get it back to "acceptable."
Make sure your surface is clean and free of loose paint.
Go over it with alcohol and some gause or whatever 
will remove the very last dregs of anything oily or greasy.
Get yourself a big black Permanent Marker.  
Not the dry erase thing; the one that means business.
Go over the finish two or three coats and let it dry.  
Look at this photo:

http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/ATB/ATBcasetouchup1.JPG

Sorry it's a little out of focus; the LCD screen on my camera is
broken and Samsung won't sell me a replacement, 
so I have to guess when shooting photos.

Anyways:  This is the top of my ATB.  The bottom half has
been treated with the marker.  The top half is how the whole thing
used to look.  Once well dry (about 5 minutes), 
the marker does not come off on your hands.  
Take a look at the finished top:

http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/ATB/ATBcasetouchup2.JPG

The angle of the light showes where the scratches were.
Normal lighting tones them down alot.
The "shinys" will calm down over time.  I used a big marker 
on the case and a "Sharpie" fine point to fill-in the missing 
black paint on the knobs and a medium "Sharpie" to touch-up
the small paint dings on the front.  Can you still see where the
scratches and dings were?  Well, yes you can.  But on your 
shelf they only stand out to you because you knew about them.
It actually looks pretty good.  And besides:  isn't this a fair
trade-off, when you consider the time and aggravation of
stripping, coating, spraying-on wrinkle, baking it, cussing because
it came-out crappy, stripping it again, cussing *again* etc.??
I can live with knowing where the scratches are and,
once I consider the alternative above.... 
Scratches?  What scratches?  I don't see no scratches... ;-)

Try it... you'll like it.

73 DE Dave AB5S