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steven c newman
11-28-2014, 10:41 PM
Have a few lever caps that the paint around the "STANLEY" or the MILLERS FALLS has either faded away, or been scrubbed away to get rust to leave.

The Fix:

Duplicolour Scratch fix 2in1. There is a small paint brush inside these scratch fixers. I picked up on of the black and a Cardinal RED

Filled in the recessed area around the letters, if the paint got on the letters, no biggie. Wait until the paint has cured out. Sand the area to reveal the letters only.

A look at the start of this remedy
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Three Millers Falls 2" wide lever caps, with a Wards Master Quality out front. Fill in the logo with some Cardinal RED
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All awaiting the paint to dry. Paint "pen" used for this. Didn't get the "ball point" to work, just used the wee brush. A bit of sanding back
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The two #9s got new paint, the skinny-looking #8 did not. The other red one painted?
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Was a #14. The two Stanleys got a Black paint job. So did the M-F #14-01B. Looked a little out of place. Millers Falls had stopped paint the "horseshoe" in red. The two Stanleys? A #5 T17, and a #5-1/2 T19.

The Wards?
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Sitting next to a Eclipse #4. Not too bad. Found out that the black pen could "touch-up" a body of a plane as well, IF some of the original black was missing. Case in point, a Stanley SW#220. Some of the base was bare iron, as well as the entire cap iron. Took a while, but laid it on a bit thick to match the existing
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The area around the front knob was just bare metal. Rest wasn't too bad
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Left the wheel alone.

Red was NG FM 306. The black was also a FORD generic colour.