Refurbishing a Warthog stick
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Perfect one for you mate
Do hammerite do aerosols?
More to the point⌠do they do that in Dayglo Orange?
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Iâm quite surprised that the paint didnât hold up too well⌠but please post a log of what youâre going to do with the WH stick. I might very well be doing the same to my stick in a couple of years.
Yes⌠my original Cougar (01116) was more than 10 years old when I sold it on, saw thousands of hours of use, and didnât look anything like this one does. The paint on it was near flawless. The red on the trigger went similar, but apart from thatâŚ
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Indeed, never had an issue with Cougar paint. Now that you mention it and considering Iâve had two stick handles now, TM sure dropped the bar with the new paint quality. Note that it seems to be âcurling offâ rather than fading off as I wouldâve expected.
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If they are metal parts, take the individual parts and have them professionally stripped and powder coated.
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If they are metal parts, take the individual parts and have them professionally stripped and powder coated.
I actually thought about powdercoating, but quickly ruled it out cos in my limited experience of it (motorcycle frames and subsidiary parts), it tends to be rather thick once applied. I think it might be too thick on something this âsmallâ, unless there are different grades of thickness available?
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I actually thought about powdercoating, but quickly ruled it out cos in my limited experience of it (motorcycle frames and subsidiary parts), it tends to be rather thick once applied. I think it might be too thick on something this âsmallâ, unless there are different grades of thickness available?
Yes, I think thatâs true. In fact, I have a friend that has powder coated small parts himself - using the oven in his kitchen. So itâs even possible to DIY. If the spouse will buy off on itâŚ
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In the past when only the red trigger lost its paint, i bought some auto spray paint and it worked fine. However, when the black stick handle paint job itself started going bad and felt grungy, i decided it would be probably cheaper and more efficient to buy a replacement WH stick grip from TM. I did recently.
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Details on how you got a replacement stick grip, AV8R? And how much?
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What would be the best type of paint to use to when refurbishing a Warthog stick please? Ideally something with a similar sheen to it, which wonât rub off of dissolve with sweaty hands?
TIA
In the distant past working with automotive parts (restoration) that needed high scuff/wear resistance I have used âEpoxy resinâ (long dry/set time) and Baked Enamel ( for larger parts I built my own oven in the shed) Baked enamel gave a better sheen, and epoxy resin was very chip resistant.
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Details on how you got a replacement stick grip, AV8R? And how much?
Emailed Support and told them my stick was unusable as aforementioned. They wanted to know details and even pictures, i guess so they can learn from a product quality perspective and to limit selling a limited number of spares to. Theres probably better reasons for replacement than mine which wont get the 3rd degree, but ill leave that to you. Doubt they will sell one off hand like a component due to availability. Cost was $120 iirc. Came nicely packaged.
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Ouch! $120 for a new stick, I think Iâd experiement with other paints first.
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Painting⌠ya wellâŚ
I dont even paint my models. Best i can do is dab chip cover on my car -
Painting⌠ya wellâŚ
I dont even paint my models. Best i can do is dab chip cover on my carYup, stone chips. I hate the buggers. I spent about 6 hours over the last few days going though the stages of fixing a bonnet that looks like itâs shrapnel damaged. I tell you; itâs a lot harder to get good results than YouTube videos suggest. Still though, better than letting them go rusty or having to pay for a respray!
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âŚtry living in the desert. Stone chips? More like sandblasting. After a point itâs best to stop washing our windshields because of the light dazzling off the pitsâŚIâve seen the entire front ends of cars stripped to the bare metal after a good strong windstorm. We carry glass buy-back in our insurance plans (at least us smart folks do) and can have the glass replaced on our cars yearly, if desired. Paint is a different issueâŚ
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Ya Stevie,
I live in So California too, and drive to Phoenix for my kids college through the desert
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Iâm in the high MojaveâŚwindy today!
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Worn paint = Character
Itâs oldâŚ
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Socks and Jarmies Schnidr ??
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SchnidrMan, you must have leathery meat hooks for hands!
Seriously, S/N 105 and still running. Should be in a sim museum. Think my lowest S/N set is around 8k and i bought mine as soon as I knew they were for sale locally the year they came out.
This does give me an idea for a TM thread and it maybe we have our âwinnerâ already.