Way to fix chipped enamel?

[lanceness]

A guy finally took my offer on a large and expensive pin when I agreed to buy some others I wanted that he had for sale, trouble was they were
all sent together individually bagged but face to face in a padded mailer. Two small bagged pins skating around on a jumbo pin in cellophane.
:facepalm: Of course the big pin got chipped, twice, not horribly but an eye magnet.

Has anyone had any luck filling in or buffing out a chip? There are actually two, one is a pinpoint but the other is 1mm
in size and round. Both are in a solid color red.

I can just return the pin for a refund but I thought I would check to see if there was an easy way to do it.

Please advise. Thanks in advance.

Lance

 

[tiggermickey]

Are you keeping it for your collection?? You could try auto paint or a red sharpie,sorry that happened to you
i hate when pins get shipped that way.and btw welcome to dpf

 

[lucan444]

hey lance,

Dips in paint are exceedingly tough to fix, mostly due to paint dye lots<batches of mixed paint that are the exact same color, batches mixed even the same day will vary thats why certain materials use dye lot numbers, like tile , for exact matches when it counts> while color matching is available these days, the finish process for metal pins means that your paint may never look right<even if it is the same dye lot>, due to fading of the rest of the pin,etc.... my advice, if it bothers you that much send it back, if you can live with it and the pin is wanted enough, hang on to it.......
But for fixes, that will be a difficult one....

 

[lanceness]

I see, no easy fix or "pin doctor" to send it to then. I decided to keep it, the guy gave me a deal on it originally and the damage
is so small the pin shows fine. Thanks for your help.

 

[Ozzie1988]

Your new go to trick, clear nail polish and blush powdered or if you are lucky a nail polish in that color. It will take a few coats but it is fixable