Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion Can the porcelain on faces be repaired?

I have some faces that the porcelain is damaged. Can that be fixed or do I need to buy new ones?

It all depends where the damage is. If it is around the screw holes, I have layered white paint ( a drop every 20 minutes) to fill the damage. If the damage is somewhere else and it is small, you might try this, a little bit a a time, but if the damage is substancial, you might want to seek out replacement faces, used or reproduction.

I've had pretty good luck using spackling compound (like you patch a wall with) for filling the damaged area. It sands very easily for a smooth level patch.

I paint with model enamel, adding a drop of grey to tint the white paint. Since the patches are usually small, I mix the paint on a piece of tin foil, a few drops at a time. With a little practice and lots of patience you can very closely match the white of your faces.

Like Jack, I use paint only at the screw holes. The spacking would break out when the screw is tightened.

By the way, Naval Jelly works wonders at removing rust stains from porcelain.

As for repair work on chipped porcelien on pump faces I have had good luck with the products used by stove manufacturers to repair small chips and it will work under the pressure of a screw if not tightened too tight. I found it a Lowes and have seen it at Ace hardware. Eastwood Automotive has some very good products to clean or remove rust stains as well as detail paints.

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