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Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: goodolddays on April 01, 2013, 12:10:29 PM
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Gday all .
I finally tried out my airbrush for the first time the other day, just using my $2 acrylic paint thinned down with water .
I now realise that I will need to buy some suitable paint to be able to spray properly .
1st job I need to do is respray the reds in my Thoro Bred backglass (resto thread here http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=8117.0)
Just wondering what paint you guys recommend and where do you buy it from .
Cheers
Dave
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First question.. where are the reds in the backglass??? If any are in the illuminated areas then you need to make a translucent paint.
Any silk screen supplier can sell you screening enamels ( this is what the BG would have been screened with originally), you will need your colour and you will need a clear base.
Mix your colour to match and then put both BG and a small piece of glass over a light source.. you can then mix your paint with the clear onto the spare glass and match its translucency also... once done - spray away to the BG.
ALL backglasses are screened with a translucent paint to begin with.. once this is done, the blockout is put on the back to make it a solid colour instead
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Gday Gav.
Pretty much all the red areas are illuminated . Thanks for the feedback