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

[Greg Mijal]

Black shoe polish works good too.
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC
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Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 11:42 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Lazy Man's Way to Fix Black Wrinkle


> 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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