What paint do you use for Atari cab art touchup?

[colonelsnow]

What type of paint is everyone using for touching up painted side art?

I see craft store acrylics mentioned a lot. Do you use gloss? Do you put clear over it?

I am working on a Video Pinball. The art is still pretty shiny.

 

[joeycuda]

What type of paint is everyone using for touching up painted side art?

I see craft store acrylics mentioned a lot. Do you use gloss? Do you put clear over it?

I am working on a Video Pinball. The art is still pretty shiny.

With most of those Atari cabinets, it was ink silk screened onto a vinyl laminate, which was already applied to the sheet particle board material. Generally speaking, cheap craft store acrylic is a piss poor touch up paint, it looks flat, and it fades.

 

[ataritoobin]

I've been using silk screen inks for touchups lately, since it's what was originally used.

 

[creepykenny]

i have used golden fluid acrylics in the past with good success, but you have to mix your own colors since the selection is very limited and thin as needed

dries to a gloss finish unless overly thinned

 

[colonelsnow]

I've been using silk screen inks for touchups lately, since it's what was originally used.

Where do you get them?

 

[andrewb]

Testors enamel paint markers. Works great for Atari cabs. I have a gloss black one that I use to touch up pretty much everything (side art, coin doors, etc).

Super convenient, easy to use, and no cleanup.

http://www.amazon.com/Testors-Enamel-Paint-Marker-Gloss-Black/dp/B008CVNTL6

 

[colonelsnow]

Testors enamel paint markers. Works great for Atari cabs. I have a gloss black one that I use to touch up pretty much everything (side art, coin doors, etc).

Super convenient, easy to use, and no cleanup.

http://www.amazon.com/Testors-Enamel-Paint-Marker-Gloss-Black/dp/B008CVNTL6

I will give that a try on the black.

I am dealing with yellow, orange, and hot pink as well so I pretty much have to find something I can lighten/darken to get the right color.

 

[OldTymeToys]

Testors enamel paint markers. Works great for Atari cabs. I have a gloss black one that I use to touch up pretty much everything (side art, coin doors, etc).

Super convenient, easy to use, and no cleanup.

http://www.amazon.com/Testors-Enamel-Paint-Marker-Gloss-Black/dp/B008CVNTL6

This is the way to go for Atari art.

 

[creepykenny]

Where do you get them?

i buy Golden Fluid Acrylics at Binders Art Supply which is just down the street from me, but most any decent art supply vendor should have them

Utrecht, Dick Blick ..

pick up a couple of the small sizes and try them out - their carbon black is awesome

 

[andrewb]

This is the way to go for Atari art.

Totally. Most Atari art has either some sort of black border, and/or large swaths of black in the artwork, which always seem to have scrapes and/or chips missing. Tempests in particular, which is what I probably have used these the most for.

I used to use black Sharpies, which can work so-so for small dings, but these pens are about as perfect a match as you could wish for, and I've even covered large scrapes with them.

Sometimes you'll need a second coat if you're trying to cover up exposed white underneath the black, but the pen makes it super easy.

 

[colonelsnow]

This is the way to go for Atari art.

It does look like a solution for black. The colors are limited though for the rest

 

[colonelsnow]

i buy Golden Fluid Acrylics at Binders Art Supply which is just down the street from me, but most any decent art supply vendor should have them

Utrecht, Dick Blick ..

pick up a couple of the small sizes and try them out - their carbon black is awesome

Can you mix colors like paint to match the colors on the cab?

 

[creepykenny]

Can you mix colors like paint to match the colors on the cab?

yup, and very easy to do especially since acrylics are water based

i have used the enamel / model type paints that others have mentioned in the past with good success, i just find the acrylics easier to use

one thing about acrylics, some of them when dry are a touch darker than when liquid so a little experimentation is needed