Hmmm...I was sure that someone posted the colors. I thought the note said that
they have white letters on a transparent blue/green background, except for
Reverse, on which the "R" is red.
Just in case they didn't, that is the colors, so now you can refinish them
correctly if you want to.
Incidentally, since the part of the buttons that is imprinted with the
letter/number is made of plastic, you should be careful what you paint them
with. Some paints and clear coatings can degrade the plastic.
Paul
In a message dated 9/12/2004 5:15:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Brooks Harkey
<vm.dude@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>You may have seen my previous post about what color to paint the letters
>on the '63 pushbuttons. I haven't had any responses yet regarding '63,
>so I may make them whatever color I want.
>
>Meantime, I've discovered the Crafts department at Wal-Mart. Until now,
>I thought this was the same thing as "Ladies' Wear" and I've never been
>near it. (:-D) But yesterday, I discovered a package of 16 little tubs
>of acrylic paints in various colors for $3.67. There were a lot of
>choices, but I picked the one marked for "plaster, resin & bisque!" And
>so far, I have painted Reverse red and Neutral white, and I must say
>they are BEAUTIFUL, this coming from someone who can't even draw a
>straight line with a ruler and has exactly _ZERO_ artistic ability.
>
>On the back of the package, it says "Protect finished project by
>applying your favorite Ceramcoat Varnish". Huh? What's that? So I
>kept looking and found a 2.5 oz bottle of "Cryla Soluble Gloss Varnish"
>for another $3.xx. I thought that after I re-paint the letters on the
>ends, I would coat them with the varnish, but I wanted to make sure it
>looked OK.
>
>So far, I have not coated the ends, but here is what I DID do with
>unexpected results: I decided to paint a little of the varnish way down
>on the stem, just to make sure it didn't melt the lucite or something.
>Well, all my buttons were kind of "opaque" thru time.... but where I
>painted that little spot, guess what? It went back to clear transparent
>again! Looking at the buttons closer, down near where they meet the
>shift mechanism, they are still clear and shiny, but apparently the rest
>of the buttons, whether due to exposure to the electroluminescence over
>time, or just the air, or whatever, are kind of opaque. I can't imagine
>they were manufactured that way on purpose -- it would be kinda difficult.
>
>So after my successful little "test", I'm now varnishing the entire
>sides of the buttons that face the electroluminescent panel. Stay tuned
>for brighter buttons.... everybody might enjoy doing this! And then
>I'll still do the ends..... This is almost as much fun as taking the
>car apart in the first place.
>
>--Brooks in Dallas
>PS: If you should be interested and go chasing the same items I bought,
>the manufacturer on the back is Delta Technical Coatings Inc of
>Whittier, CA. The barcode for the particular set of paints I bought is
>17158 02707 and the SKU# is 02 707 0056 0702. The clear varnish is
>made by Daler-Rowney of Berkshire, England, and the barcode is 011385
>920048. They probably have the same thing at any hobby store.
>
>
>
>
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