Paint pens for playfield/cabinet touch up?

[kevlar]

Are there such things? If I've got minor scrapes on the cabinet I normally just touch them up with a black felt pen, a bit crude yes but looks better than wood. I. Are there pens that dispense paint that would be better suited? I'm currently fixing up an F-14 and there is a lot of playfield wear especially around the top loop which is almost all black but the paint has worn away, a new playfield would be nice but just touching up the worn black bits would make it look 100 times better for next to no cost.

Anyone know of something suitable?

 

[ronsplooter]

Rather than paint pens just buy some acrylic paints from somewhere like WH Smith or Hobbycraft and use a brush. Ideally you'll want to cover your touch ups with something and assuming your not looking to clearcoat the pf I'd suggest some mylar or even some Tough as Nails nail vanish Even putting some coats of wax over would probably be good enough if your not looking for a restored look.

 

[kevlar]

Rather than paint pens just buy some acrylic paints from somewhere like WH Smith or Hobbycraft and use a brush. Ideally you'll want to cover your touch ups with something and assuming your not looking to clearcoat the pf I'd suggest some mylar or even some Tough as Nails nail vanish Even putting some coats of wax over would probably be good enough if your not looking for a restored look.

Yeah I could just get paint and brush it on, just thought I would be less likely to F it up with a pen and I'm sure someone on here mentioned paint pens in another thread, can't remember which one though.

I was also thinking wax over as a minimum, maybe Mylar. Either way it's got to look better than bare wood.

 

[Carl Spiby]

Krylon do paint pens.

 

[kevlar]

Krylon do paint pens.

Thanks Carl, I'll google that.

 

[replicas]

Paint and a brush is better and a hell of a lot easier to use.

 

[Wizards_Hat]

Acrylics are probably the way to go if you're not an artist (which it sounds like you're not, otherwise you probably wouldn't be asking about paints) - you can always remove it with water very easily before you protect it...helps when you realise you haven't matched colours well, or just generally make a mess of it.

I'm certainly no artist, and I ended up doing a "reasonably" good job touching up some areas on a machine a few years ago - wouldn't have been a disaster had I not been able to wipe it off a few times, but I was glad I was able to and give it another go. Think I spent about £10 on paint & brushes (got a "pack" of acrylics that were on sale at a local hobbycraft type shop). Then gave it a couple of coats of a spray-can clear coat.

Regards,
Dan.

 

[kevlar]

Thanks guys, I'll get some acrylics and give it a go.