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I need to paint objective rings black. How?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rathaus" data-source="post: 3308296" data-attributes="member: 132018"><p>Here are my results so far - the faint of heart should look away now....</p><p></p><p>I have singlehandedly turned something very good into an abomination... on anybody's scale. A vandal would have done a better job :-O</p><p></p><p>I can't believe it...I had two pristine objective rings and I gunked them up with a high temp (not oven set) enamel paint. </p><p></p><p>What I'm thinking is to let it set for the full seven days then sand them back lightly....argh...I can't spray paint again that's it. Then put a light hand coat on. But they were so perfectly prepared it all seems a waste. :C</p><p></p><p>How to start again? Removing that paint from delicate aluminium rings?...without corroding them?</p><p></p><p>Cheers </p><p>Rathaus</p><p></p><p>Ps,...what about a small butane torch??? Burn it off? The paint says it'll withstand 500deg...I'm assuming aluminium is a bit higher?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rathaus, post: 3308296, member: 132018"] Here are my results so far - the faint of heart should look away now.... I have singlehandedly turned something very good into an abomination... on anybody's scale. A vandal would have done a better job :-O I can't believe it...I had two pristine objective rings and I gunked them up with a high temp (not oven set) enamel paint. What I'm thinking is to let it set for the full seven days then sand them back lightly....argh...I can't spray paint again that's it. Then put a light hand coat on. But they were so perfectly prepared it all seems a waste. :C How to start again? Removing that paint from delicate aluminium rings?...without corroding them? Cheers Rathaus Ps,...what about a small butane torch??? Burn it off? The paint says it'll withstand 500deg...I'm assuming aluminium is a bit higher? [/QUOTE]
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