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Small paint bubbles - any cure
Sesman:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 02, 2023, 07:46:46 PM ---Just to point out that the tank badge can be restored using the same method I showed or the 500 side panel. Easy to do and really makes a big difference.
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Bring it on Ken. My badges need a Renno. What do I do. I can’t seem to tempt anybody into reanodise them?
Oddjob:
So long as the faces of the letters are ok, no scratches, flaking etc then just touch up the outside with some Humbrol Satin Black No58 paint Phil.
If the faces are really bad, consider trying to restore them using chrome spray or gold if they were originally gold.
Itineo:
--- Quote from: Sesman on February 02, 2023, 08:00:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 02, 2023, 07:46:46 PM ---Just to point out that the tank badge can be restored using the same method I showed or the 500 side panel. Easy to do and really makes a big difference.
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Bring it on Ken. My badges need a Renno. What do I do. I can’t seem to tempt anybody into reanodise them?
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Yes it’s something to do in the near future
Itineo:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on February 02, 2023, 02:41:57 PM ---The top of the tank looks like rusting from stone impact.
The sides looks like a chemical reaction between undercoat & top colour.
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No the paint overall is very good - as good as original apart from the bubbles. No chips, impacts, marks or discolouration anywhere. The photos really don’t do it any favours at all and a combination of surface dust, reflections of all sorts in the background and low resolution make it look horrible. Perversely, the badges come out perfectly.
I had to give it a rub of a rag to remove some dust that settled on it in the garage and didn’t get it all off. I posted the original pics to WhatsApp as a lazy way to reduce the file size so I could post them here and the result is it looks like a dog - images are only 400k in size so any dodgeyness is mostly coming from that. Colour and finish are very good all over - which is why I was wondering if there was some way to halt the decline. It’s still much too good to go respraying it any time soon.
Might try taking a better pic tomorrow or digging out something in better weather from before.
Thanks everyone for the feedback so far. Definitely going to do something with the badge though. It really IS that bad.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I use Flikr - upload onto photstream then paste the BBCode into a reply - you can choose original file size BBCode or smaller options. Unless you upload a lot of photos it's free. Downside is if close your account then all posted pics will disappear.
In the past I have used the Coloured Turtle Wax polish it's quite effective at hiding paint imperfections - there are other cosmetic paint repair kits that hide marks but never used them. Only downside I have found with the coloured polish is it will wash out eventually. Unlike a car you only have a small area to polish so no biggie.
On none metallic red paint I have recovered some very dull car panels using T cut then restoring with a good quality wax polish then finishing off with Red Colour Wax - even though the red was a differet shade to the polish it worked great on an old Merc W124 saloon.
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