Posted By: Bob M
Touch-ups and repairs... - 09/28/04 06:02 PM
I've been very fortunate and I've never damaged any of my HL's. If you are a close follower of eBay Auctions, you probably have noticed numerous damaged pieces being offered. Some of the descriptions are laughable at best. Sellers somehow think that other than a ventilator ball missing, something that was once freestanding on a piece broken off, or a small hunk broken off the base, their offering is in mint condition and they describe it that way.
More and more rare pieces pop up and sometimes they come with chips or paint loss. They are basically nice pieces but are considered as damaged goods in the eyes of a true collector.
My questions are: Have any of you ever repaired a piece? If you wanted to repair a "chip", what would you use to fill it? Have any of you ever painted or touched up a piece suffering from paint rub-off or flaking? What kind of paint did you use? Have any of you ever had to do some serious cleaning of an older piece where you just couldn't get the dust off with a small blush brush or something similar? Can you wipe it with water or anything else or will that take paint off?
I don't ever recall anyone at the CF explaining how to do any of the above things I'm inquiring about.
Bob
More and more rare pieces pop up and sometimes they come with chips or paint loss. They are basically nice pieces but are considered as damaged goods in the eyes of a true collector.
My questions are: Have any of you ever repaired a piece? If you wanted to repair a "chip", what would you use to fill it? Have any of you ever painted or touched up a piece suffering from paint rub-off or flaking? What kind of paint did you use? Have any of you ever had to do some serious cleaning of an older piece where you just couldn't get the dust off with a small blush brush or something similar? Can you wipe it with water or anything else or will that take paint off?
I don't ever recall anyone at the CF explaining how to do any of the above things I'm inquiring about.
Bob