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FReeper model builders? A question.
Posted on 08/23/2021 12:57:05 AM PDT by ExGeeEye
I'm looking to repaint a small steel toy.
It's nearly 50 years old, and some of the paint separated while in storage and fell off.
I'd like to repaint it, and thought of brushed-on model paint as the best solution. However, model paint is usually sold near plastic models.
So, the question for model builders: can these paints (like Testor enamel) be used for steel parts, or is there something more suited?
Thanks :)
TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: model; paint; steel
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posted on
08/23/2021 12:57:05 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
To: ExGeeEye
To: ExGeeEye
If it’s diecast metal it’s possibly a zinc and aluminum alloy rather than steel.
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posted on
08/23/2021 1:13:55 AM PDT
by
jacknhoo
( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
To: ExGeeEye
There are loads of videos on YouBoob of people restoring toy vehicles.
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posted on
08/23/2021 1:35:29 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Fake news, fake election, fake president.)
To: ExGeeEye
Testors is oil-based which is what you want for painting on metal. It’s manufactured by Rustoleum. I’m not a model builder. I used to have an art supply store and sold Testors. We also used it in the picture framing/lamp and art repair workshops.
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posted on
08/23/2021 1:39:11 AM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: jacknhoo
Tonka, sheet-metal folded and riveted, attracts a magnet.
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posted on
08/23/2021 1:45:14 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
To: ExGeeEye
To: ExGeeEye
If it’s valuable, repainting could destroy the value to a collector.
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posted on
08/23/2021 2:53:56 AM PDT
by
redshawk
( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
To: ExGeeEye
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posted on
08/23/2021 3:04:58 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: ExGeeEye
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posted on
08/23/2021 3:05:01 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: ExGeeEye
You can just paint it, again and again, until you clean and sand it, then primer it and then use a good quality spray paint. Proper prior prep prevents piss poor paintjobs.
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posted on
08/23/2021 3:53:58 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(The second amendment isnt there for the govt to interpret! )
To: ExGeeEye
Bring it to a Porsche dealership...they’ll take good care of it!
To: ExGeeEye
Not a model builder but I have been restoring an instrument console on an old truck and needed brush paint (mostly fluorescent Orange for the dials). I’ve had heck of a time sourcing paint. Good luck with your project!
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posted on
08/23/2021 6:50:05 AM PDT
by
rockrr
( Everything is different now...)
To: ExGeeEye
I’ve done a bunch of those where I stripped them to the bare metal and used Rustoleum spray paint with good results. Heat your spray cans in hot water ahead of time and you’ll get excellent coverage. Let dry for at least 48 hours before handling.
To: redshawk
The ones I’ve restored are where they were owned for a generation or two by people who want them to look like “new” for their grandkids. Frankly I’m surprised at how much folks will pay to get this done.
To: ExGeeEye
Pay close attention to what redshawk said.
If you refinish it, you render it much less valuable to a collector, if you ever decide to sell it to one. Same goes for almost anything vintage or antique.
If it were me, I wouldn't touch it. I have a vintage Electromuse lap steel that a dozen people have tried to get me to refinish. I tell them not no, but hell no. It'll ruin the value of it. My brother got my father's Winchester model 12 pump shotgun, a few years ago he sent it to a friend and had him refinish it, he says it looks almost new now. Itold him he's an idioot, its worth about half as much now.
I have some vintage items, I never repaint them, Idon't even clean out old antique bottles. Collectors barely even look at bottles you've scrubbed and washed out.
Same for basically anything, if the paint is flaking off due to age or mishandling, leave it alone. My 1966 Harmony Bobkat guitar looks like Pete Townsend tried to bash it to bits on stage one night. OK not quite that bad, but it has paint flaking off all over the place, bare wood showing, the pick guard has shrunk a bit due to age, some of the screws actually broke out the edge of it. I haven't even thought about refinishing it. I could probably sell it for close to $300 right now as is. Refinish, it might go for $200...as is though, it has character. So it stays a beat up vintage guitar.
Kinda like this one Rory Gallagher played a lot...sorry, the picture didn't work so I had to look up a video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=go9J9REtfdA
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posted on
08/23/2021 7:15:34 AM PDT
by
Paleo Pete
(The slave does not dream of freedom, the slave dreams of being master.)
To: Paleo Pete
I want kids to be able to play with it without pieces of paint coming off, but thanks.
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posted on
08/24/2021 12:33:00 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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