I've finally gotten around to working on replacing the sideart on my Spy Hunter.
As you may recall, the game has white vinyl sideart with an additional sticker that has the car picture, etc.
I am replacing the sticker with the car picture and generally cleaning up the white vinyl sideart as best I can. I'm not looking for perfection, just looking for the white vinyl to look reasonably good and I'll be using the 'dry' method of applying the new Prok car sticker.
So after taking off the original looks-like-crap car sticker, things looked pretty good on the white vinyl underneath but there are two thin scratches that are noticeable.
One of them (in the 1st picture) is in the upper left corner that will be covered by the new Prok car sticker.
Question 1: Can I get away with simply putting the new car sticker over this scratch in the white vinyl? Will it show and be obvious under the new car sticker?
As you can see in the second picture there is also a thin scratch below where the new sideart will go. Prok and others have suggested filling scratches in vinyl with Evercoat Metal Glaze and I may end up doing that if that's the only reasonable option available.
But it's a thin scratch.
Question 2: Is there no other half-way reasonable solution available that may not be perfect but will be less noticeable?
I'm afraid of filling it and then having to paint that long thin line across the cab, especially because the vinyl is not pure white there, it's kind of a cream color.
Whatcha think, folks?
As you may recall, the game has white vinyl sideart with an additional sticker that has the car picture, etc.
I am replacing the sticker with the car picture and generally cleaning up the white vinyl sideart as best I can. I'm not looking for perfection, just looking for the white vinyl to look reasonably good and I'll be using the 'dry' method of applying the new Prok car sticker.
So after taking off the original looks-like-crap car sticker, things looked pretty good on the white vinyl underneath but there are two thin scratches that are noticeable.
One of them (in the 1st picture) is in the upper left corner that will be covered by the new Prok car sticker.
Question 1: Can I get away with simply putting the new car sticker over this scratch in the white vinyl? Will it show and be obvious under the new car sticker?
As you can see in the second picture there is also a thin scratch below where the new sideart will go. Prok and others have suggested filling scratches in vinyl with Evercoat Metal Glaze and I may end up doing that if that's the only reasonable option available.
But it's a thin scratch.
Question 2: Is there no other half-way reasonable solution available that may not be perfect but will be less noticeable?
I'm afraid of filling it and then having to paint that long thin line across the cab, especially because the vinyl is not pure white there, it's kind of a cream color.
Whatcha think, folks?
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