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

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Fri Aug 13 12:22:08 EDT 2010


This also works pretty well on screw heads that were originally either 
black oxide or black painted finish.

In a message dated 8/13/2010 10:42:30 AM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> 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
> 

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