Anyone ever try Painting Knobs?

[ericcoleridge]

I was buying some nos knobs from an antique radio repair shop in Brooklyn, and I was asking the man there if he had any colored samples. He told me I should try painting them, because that's what they do in the first place to get different colors(or maybe what they used to do).

He didn't have a recommendation for what sort of paint to use, or anything--and I don't have any idea. So, I thought I'd pose the question here.

[Danno Gee Ray]

I believe I've seen advertisements for paint that is specifically formulated for plastic, made I believe by Krylon. Might be worth a try.

[creatorlars]

I paint the caps of my Eagle Plastic Devices colored knobs -- I tried several things.

First I get the caps off with a small flathead screwdriver.

Then I prime the caps with Citadel Spray White Primer (it's a specialty miniature-painting line of paints available at comic book stores -- used typically for Warhammer figures)

Then I paint the knobs using Citadel Paint colors.

Then I finish them with Citadel Matte Varnish.

I tried Krylon plastic spraypaint and also Testor's model paint but had much worse luck. The Citadel products are expensive, but go on really smooth and the color holds up very well.

[françois]

I can remember of someone painting VCS-3 style knobs and giving full details. I don't have the references at hand but he is one of the most known people here, I'm certain he is on the links list. He has a Web page explaining (with pictures) how he did it.

EDIT : He is "simply" Yves Usson. Here is the link :
http://yusynth.net/VCS3/index.html

[yusynth]

Hi

I also used the same trick to paint blue rocker switches in to obtain the Minimoog colour style for a Minimoog cloning project I had.


Painted rocker switches

[françois]