Refurbishing a Warthog stick
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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 won’t rub off of dissolve with sweaty hands?
TIA
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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 won’t rub off of dissolve with sweaty hands?
TIA
Perfect one for you mate
Do hammerite do aerosols?
Harry (Formerly Amraam at Frugals etc.)
(I'm not currently active with ViperDrivers, but these guys are the best BMS school out there!)
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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 won’t rub off of dissolve with sweaty hands?
I’m quite surprised that the paint didn’t hold up too well… but please post a log of what you’re going to do with the WH stick. I might very well be doing the same to my stick in a couple of years.
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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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I’m quite surprised that the paint didn’t hold up too well… but please post a log of what you’re 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 didn’t look anything like this one does. The paint on it was near flawless. The red on the trigger went similar, but apart from that…
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Indeed, never had an issue with Cougar paint. Now that you mention it and considering I’ve had two stick handles now, TM sure dropped the bar with the new paint quality. Note that it seems to be “curling off” rather than fading off as I would’ve 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 “small”, 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 “small”, unless there are different grades of thickness available?
Yes, I think that’s true. In fact, I have a friend that has powder coated small parts himself - using the oven in his kitchen. So it’s even possible to DIY. If the spouse will buy off on it…
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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 won’t 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 “Epoxy resin” (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 I’d experiement with other paints first.
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Painting… ya well…
I dont even paint my models. Best i can do is dab chip cover on my car -
Painting… ya well…
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 it’s shrapnel damaged. I tell you; it’s 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!
Harry (Formerly Amraam at Frugals etc.)
(I'm not currently active with ViperDrivers, but these guys are the best BMS school out there!)
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…try living in the desert. Stone chips? More like sandblasting. After a point it’s best to stop washing our windshields because of the light dazzling off the pits…I’ve 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 issue…
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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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I’m in the high Mojave…windy today!
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Worn paint = Character
It’s old…
