White Water touch up paint from Pinball Universe?
Fossmin
Funhouse blue did not match very well.
Thanks
Gerry
Ray Johnson - Action Pinball
> Anyone bought this and how well does it match? I have heard that there
> Funhouse blue did not match very well.
It depends on your game and how exactly it was silkscreened at the factory
(thickness/hue of ink), and of course depends also on how much UV fading the
ink has had since it was originally applied. So if your game has been in
sunlit locations more than another game that has not, it will most likely
have a lighter shade of blue, and may or may not match with the touch up
paint very well.
I don't know how the blue was on the game they originally "matched" the
paint to- that would depend, too.
In short, there's no perfect single match for any silkscreened pinball
cabinet color. It will always vary. I've seen so many different shades of
Funhouse blue and White Water blue over the years- even very noticeable
differences between just the main cabinet and body on many games- light and
dark shades.
We bought some of Pinball Universe's paint for White Water and had varying
degrees of success, again depending on the condition/hue of the ink on the
actual game we were touching up. Some came out better than others. Overall,
it was a good deal considering the amount of time and effort it would have
taken us to mix the paint on our own and try to come close to the actual
color- the touch-up paint saved us a lot of time and got us "close enough".
I doubt we could have done much better mixing on our own. We still have the
paint and use it regularly.
I think the paint had a tendency to dry to a flat sheen, though, rather than
gloss, so didn't really blend in with the overall sheen so much- may depend
on how big/visible of an area you are touching up- we mostly touched up very
small nicks and spots near edges, etc, that even untouched wouldn't have
been very noticeable.
Your mileage will vary. Best advantage I think is that it does save you the
time of trying to mix/match up the paint on your own- most likely neither
method will be a perfect match, but will always depend on the actual
shade/hue of the game you have.
Good luck!
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Ray Johnson
Action Pinball & Amusement
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Web: www.actionpinball.com
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Ben
<st...@actionpinball.com> wrote:
>Your mileage will vary. Best advantage I think is that it does save you the
>time of trying to mix/match up the paint on your own- most likely neither
>method will be a perfect match, but will always depend on the actual
>shade/hue of the game you have.
Exactly. I bought some it myself and it's close, but just a little
too dark. I will end up either mixing up some myself or trying to
lighten the stuff I got. If I knew then what I do now I wouldn't have
bought it.