Evening all,
I have been reading Retropin's very interesting thread of late about how to brighten up a playfield using his wash technique and thought I would share the following issue with you all. There are a couple of very minor areas on this Black Knight upper playfield where the paint has flaked away slightly along the grain of the wood.
I saw a technique on the HEP website where paint was rubbed into a playfield and the the excess rubbed back with a rag and a little mild solvent, leaving the paint in the cracks. I was thinking this kind of technique may work here. I wouldn't be looking to cover any of the original paint but merely to fill the very small areas which have flaked away. It's more to prevent further wear than for aesthetic reasons. I've been keeping an eye on the area and it seems pretty stable but I thought that it might be good to fill the depressions in so that the ball doesn't slowly enlarge them.
I'm guessing enamel paints would be the go here as I wouldn't be covering the area with any clear afterwards. Anyone tried anything like this and what paints would you recommend?
Thanks, SV.
P.S. ignore the wear on the edges of the inserts, I'm not really concerned about that at this stage.