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[steve1981]

Hi,

Ive recently purchased Barcrests Hellraiser and where the buttons are, Cancel, Collect, Holds etc some of the paint has chipped away and the machine appears to have rusted a little, My question is......... is there such a thing as "fruit machine paint??" or does anyone know where i can get maybe a red sticker to stick over the whole piece, obviously removing the buttons first then reattaching them over the new sticker? Any help greatly appreciated, Thanks.

[Dr DX]

any paint should do as long as it matches the colour

[mocochoco]

any paint should do as long as it matches the colour

LOL, now im no expert. Tbh i have never painted one and dont have a clue about it, but that just seems stupid to me lol. Surely if you use normal paint its gonna come out all thick and completely different to the rest, and probly have paint brush marks or whatever.

Id seek some extra advice before you try that steve..... as i said i could be wrong though:tongue:

[banditboy]

any paint should do as long as it matches the colour

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[impact]

fords sun burst red not a bad match for all red genesis machine

[skabaz]

take the panel off and use car spray paint that matches the colour you have.

thats what we do.

baz

[Dr DX]

obviosly i diddnt mean paint and paint brush duh, paint spray

[mocochoco]

any paint should do as long as it matches the colour

sounds like you said any paint to me its not obvious to someone who doesnt know what they are doing.

[banditboy]

he should use nail varnish like sgt does on his nails

[kingkallum82]

Little Below the belt lol.

[jweaver]

I have just bought a MAME cabinet on which the control panel was finished using 'Gloss Paint' and frankly looked a mess. Worse than that, it was thick and actually soft/tacky.

I couldn't live with it, so I stripped the paint off (which came of REALLY easily) and bought some Hammerite Metal paint which is designed specifically for this.

I tried the 'flat' stuff and its fine, but it does show any marks and/or specs of dust.. So, I changed to the hammered finished, which gives a very slight ripple/orange peel finish, which looks very nice and hids the fact that you are no good with a spray.

However, I am a little disappointed, as its hasn't set very hard and feels a little "spongy".. But I am sure (atleast I hope) it will harden up over the coming months.

As everyone side, Car Paint is about the best for this kind of application, but unless you get all of the old paint off first, you will see the edges/ridges through the paint.. So, makes sure you sand it flat first.. This is why Hammerite is better as it sprays on quite thick.

I have managed to chip my button panel, so I need to get some 'touch up' paint for mine.. But thats going to be a nightmare, as I have no idea what the colour is and no-way to get a match.

Jon

[skabaz]

hammerite metal paint is the best spray paint but you must sand down the metal so none of the original paint is visable(hence the reason you didn't get a good finish jweaver!!!

baz

[jweaver]

Thats exactly the point I tried to make... My finish was AMAZING.. I used Nitromorse and the old 'gloss' just fell off. I got it back to bare metal, but unfortunatly, its galvanized (with Zinc) so you can't you can't use Hammerite on it..

In my case, I had to use a special "primer for Zinc" (not to be confused with Zinc Primer) and then apply the Hammerite.

I was really impressed with the finish, but it hasn't gone rock hard (Yet), so I am worried about damaging the paint.


What I was saying is that IF you don't get the old paint off, when you respray it, you will see 'ridges' where the old paint used to be... Thats why you either have to get it all off, or atleast give it a VERY good sand!

The only other point I was trying to make is that if you use 'flat' paint, and specs of dust (or slight inperfections) can be seen.. But if you use the 'Hammered' Hammerite finish it hides it much better.

Jon

[Dr DX]

Little Below the belt lol.

i got a pm from him saying that a knowen "pest" has hacked his account