repainting a bezel

Pulseman

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So, long story short, I am a cheap/lazy. I wanted a Dig Dug marquee and bezel and found a KLOVr (i86time, awesome guy) who was selling a dirt cheap bezel/marquee combo. Marquee was in excellent shape, bezel was stated to be a tad bit flakey. However only the white was flaking off for some strange reason. So I picked up the lot, couldn't be happier with the dealings, etc etc

On to the before picture (sorry crappy cell shot):
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I started rubbing off whatever white chunks I could, cleaning up the white dust underneath and whatnot

Now for the after (not as bad of a crappy cell shot but still garbage):
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The shot is when I just got done with it so there is a little streaking that dissappeared. Just plain old acrylic white paint, titanium white to be exact. That's the wrong shade of white though so in 2 or 3 spots you can see the white go from dark to light, but they're super small and I'll live with it.

Morals of the story:
1) Titanium white isn't really white. It's like a few shades darker. When you first paint it on its the right shade though (Why are there 50 damn shades of white in the same white bottle I'll never know)
2) Bezel artwork (at least Dig Dug ones) are semi transparent, so unless you mask off what needs to be painted (read: what I didn't do due to laziness and fear of ruining the remaining art), you'll get to have fun painting the entire damn back of the bezel.
3) 2nd coats look like they help, but in reality they just make things take longer to dry. And make more streaks for you to worry about.
4) Smearing acryllic all over everything kinda acts like a protective layer (like triple thick clear coat for lazy folk), unfortunately it makes the back of the bezel look like crap. But its the back of thebezel so noone will notice

And that ends my bragging session. Anyone have any tips on how to do this better if I get another bezel that needs repainting?
 
What I'm really curious about is the cloudy white protective layer that covers these reverse printed items. What is that stuff? Seems like, if you touch up carefully, and then seal with that protective layer it would be best.

Your touch up looks good there....how's it look on the machine, lit up?
 
What I'm really curious about is the cloudy white protective layer that covers these reverse printed items. What is that stuff? Seems like, if you touch up carefully, and then seal with that protective layer it would be best.

Your touch up looks good there....how's it look on the machine, lit up?

Thanks man, and yea the whole " just paint what's missing" would have been so much easier but hey, I learned for next time. I'd post pics of it in its cab but unfortunately the cab doesn't exist just yet. I'm piecing together all the parts first
 
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