DefCoN Posted September 5, 2007 Report Posted September 5, 2007 I modded the DSN Marina Militare with coffe and brown-sugar, but when I cleaned the dial the "marina militare" letters lost the white color... How can I repaint them ? or who can repaint my dial?
earlgrey-erfurt Posted September 5, 2007 Report Posted September 5, 2007 hey boy it looks really good, do you wanna have two timezones on one dial? : new and vintage in my eyes the coffee works fine but that s only my opinion helmut
DefCoN Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Posted September 5, 2007 No "past" foto... but this is a new DSN dial... Mine letters now are like gold, I don't like them very much
rkdk Posted September 5, 2007 Report Posted September 5, 2007 that looks just perfect. leave it as it is.
dluddy Posted September 5, 2007 Report Posted September 5, 2007 I think your dial looks great as is. I wouldn't change it
madasboot Posted September 5, 2007 Report Posted September 5, 2007 IMHO it looks just great! Far better than some praised "professional" work I have seen on RWI. As for the letters leave them as they are now. They look like they should be. If you insist to have them whiter rub a white wax crayon over the lettering. Since they are engraved the wax will fill the cavity and you can take off the excess on the outer surface with something like benzine. best, Marco
Cucumber_Jones Posted September 6, 2007 Report Posted September 6, 2007 Looks good, my signature is from my angelus project - you want the letters to look aged.
Dizzy Posted September 6, 2007 Report Posted September 6, 2007 yeah isnt that why you put it in coffee to begin with? You dont want old looking markers and nice new printing... Looks good to me!! Lonnie
DefCoN Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Posted September 6, 2007 Thank you guys! But the letters are really "gold", I need to mod them Soon more photos... Now I'm trying to resolve my CG problem...
rmcsherry Posted September 8, 2007 Report Posted September 8, 2007 It sounds terrible, but if you paint a DSN dial (the text only) with an acrylic paint, and use a damp lint free cloth to wipe off the paint immediately, it leaves the text white. I did this after re-spraying my dial, and it worked a treat! P.S. Don't blame me if it goes wrong!!
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