dt is more common equipment, it’s also steel instead of aluminum and stock will be more plentiful, I think the cost will be less. but if you do go that route of repainting instead of replacement my experience is with an all metal object, using something like this is easiest:
After removing the plastic bezel you spray the whole thing with the aircraft paint stripper and the paint starts to lift almost immediately, then you use a vinyl spreader tool to scrape off the paint, then you use something like acetone or other paint thinner to finish up and do a final wipe down. after that you can primer and paint, but to me like I said, I don’t think it’s anywhere near that bad right now so don’t blow it out of proportion.
I think about this as cost of paint supplies and time invested when I measure the value of these kind of projects, sometimes it gets out of hand fast. I’m thinking in US dollars but like $14 paint remover, $10 primer, probably $20 worth of paint to do it right. bottle of acetone $10. 2 packs of tack cloth, $5. Wax and tar remover or naptha around $10. Satin clear coat $10. Then if you don’t intend to do any other finishing work on it, just the amount of time to invest and hope that you don’t get a bug in it while you’re painting. So that’s like $79 investment if you don’t already have any of those things at your disposal, I think the face probably costs less than that. You could do it ghetto and just use one can of spraypaint but in the longrun it’s something you’d regret, I’ve done that in the past and it never looks right after a year.
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