via James Grooms

via Marty Morren https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1190871013231671/

DIY/How-To: Wrinkle texture paint – Build Threads<br /> by [[Build Threads]]<br /> accessed on 2025-10-15T19:25:29

Tarr, Dale. “Mimeo-Can! The Tin-Can Wonder.” Science Fiction World, vol. 1, no. 3.5, c 1945. Iowa Digital Library, https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/546886.

Mimeo-Can! The Tin-Can Wonder!

The Fireball XL5 Quiz Paint Book

https://www.flitz.com/

William Ebbink, Tom Hansen, Wayne Bouchard, and Blake Banner swear by this. All seem to like it for metal and plastic, and all seem to like it for paint on typewriters as well.

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https://www.mohawk-finishing.com/products/wood-touch-up-repair/fillers/fil-stik-putty-sticks/

Putty sticks (aka paint sticks) are good for filling in nicks and dings on furniture.

These putty sticks and some crayons are also great for restoring the colored index lines on typewriters as well as other colored metal parts and occasionally on some plastic typewriter keys.

M231-10104 SYY Red<br /> M230-0054 Crimson Rose #SN292<br /> M230-0046 COCONUT, COTTON, BRIE, HEAVY CREAM, SNOWFLAKE <br /> M230-0090 Picket Fence

Needs better sourcing, but

Henry Dreyfuss added crinkle paint to his Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter design to diffuse reflected light so that typists who worked at their machines all day wouldn't have headaches from the glare reflecting off the fronts of their machines.

Yanni Giftakis recommends melting crayons into the letter groves of typewriter keytops to replace their missing paint with a heat gun, much the same way D&D players will fill in the groves on their dice.

This is similar to Richard Polt's recommendation "To restore faded paint on keys and scales, try Lacquer-Stik Fill-In Paint."

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making custom paint for my typewriters........ by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Color matching typewriter paint with fingernail polish<br /> use phots to match colors

Based on her analysis, ranked:<br /> - Blank Beauty https://www.blankbeauty.com/<br /> - Orly Color Labs https://colorlabs.com/<br /> - Color Club https://colorclub.com/products/the-polish-factory-custom-nail-polish

Physically matching colors in person in a store may be better.

Restoration: Royal 10 by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Royal KHM - Techniques for Polishing Antique Glossy Black Paint by [[Dr. Typewriter]]

He used a single round of Turtle Wax cleaning compound (taking care not to over use as it can remove clear coat), then Mother's Wax to bring back the shine of black enamel paint on an early 1900s typewriter.

Vintage Typewriter Clean Polish Buff Gloss Enamel Paint to a Mirror Shine by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Duane polishes and buffs black gloss enamel paint on a black typewriter to a mirror shine.

His preference is for Nu Finish Scratch Doctor automotive polish.

Underwood Typewriter Black Matte Paint Wash & Shine Process Clean Restore Luster No Decal Damage by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

How Duane cleans black matte paint and crinkle finished typewriters: Simple Green and a stiff brush, dry, then finish off by brushing in oil or WD-40 and wiping down.

List of key words.

Our calendar paint by number that we call our lives.

I noticed that it's blurry, at least for me, when I use paint for this. Rather, I used my computer's default app; snipping tool, and uploaded it onto http://resizepic.com/ to resize the image into exactly 200x133 pixels and it was not blurry.