Davo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) I stopped by the hobby shop to get some paint for infilling the engravings on my new sammichSID kit. I got a Sharpie paint pen and now regret that choice. The result is bubbly, uneven, and in a few cases went outside the lines. It looks terrible. How should I go about redoing this? I imagine that I can sand the surface to take care of the outside-the-lines problems. How about the bubbles? What paint should I have used instead? Edited January 19, 2011 by Davo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazi Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi mate, When I did mine, I just used a small brush and some lacquer. I think I read somewhere you should use acrylic paint. I used a small hobby knife to scrape paint that went too far off the letters. Try a hobby knife or a needle to scrape the letters clear from paint :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazi Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Oh and if you decide to use sand it, you should use very fine sand paper so it doesn't leave any markings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I cleaned off the paint-pen paint with acetone (very carefully). Ultimately I ended up using Testors gloss white enamel paint. I overfilled the grooves, then sanded the panels down with 800-grit wet-dry sandpaper to get rid of paint outside the grooves. The result looks and feels excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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