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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:15 pm    Post subject: Painting the letters on the light switch Reply with quote

I would like to figure out how to paint the raised letters and arrow on my light switch. I tried with some model paint, but it flowed all over the place. I'm thinking it must need some thick paint that will hold only where it is applied.
Anybody impart some wisdom here? I'm thinking about buying a microscope...
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have used paint pens that I found at hobby shops or at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. It is then easy to paint the raised portion
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:06 pm    Post subject: Letters Reply with quote

Were the letters white? Or natural unpainted alloy?
If Alloy (how I did mine) use a small very flat sanding block with 1500 grit sandpaper to remove the paint.
If you want white letters you can first paint the body of the switch white. then spray a thin coat of OD over the white. Next, use a tiny sanding block with 1500-2000 grit to remove the OD from the letters and expose the white.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used model paint too. I took a dab on a model brush and wiped most of the paint off on a piece of cardboard. Then I brushed it lightly over the raised letters. It worked pretty well. Dry brushing it's called.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

X2 on oil-based, fine point paint pen (white). Auto parts stores have them.

I use a broader point yellow oil-based paint pen to mark across the bolt/stud and nut on critical torqued fasteners. Does two things for me: (1) reminds me that I did in fact torque it, and (2) provides me a quick visual rough indicator that it's still torqued where I put it and hasn't come loose. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have used paint, white (Rustoleum sprayed into a cap or similar); applied using an eraser on the end of a pencil... sort of like you would stencil back in the old way. Just enough paint on the eraser to attach on the switch...

Takes a little practice but works well...
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bretto used white shoe polish.
Looked great!

Whatever happened to him?
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