Anyone any good at bodge jobs

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We have a new cooker -Black glass and SS surrounds - Zanussi 20 series.

The control panel is black with faint white icons printed on for knob function - The knobs are black as well so they blend in perfect -and that's the problem.
On each knob is a small groove from centre to edge - same colour as back ground. In day light you can just see it but at evening when lights go on -no chance.

So yesterday the white plastic model paint came so I set about masking around slot and feeding in the paint with a tooth pick (cleaned it first with Isoprol).
left it for 2 hours then pulled tape off - paint had run along minute grooves spun into face of knob -After a lot of cussin I cleaned it up -put it back on and great untill wife wiped it all over after meal -
Got up this morning and paint has gone.

Has anyone got any great ideas. - Sticking something on might not work due to fine groove milling on face of knob.

 

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Hope this helps.
As can be seen the control knobs have a small groove in them and that is your guide to where it's pointed to or where it should go to switch off.
The picture looks like it's readable but I can assure everyone we can not see that groove in daylight or the coming of dusk - It shows up better with kitchen lights on.
I did try to fill the groove with white paint and even though I cleaned the groove with spirit cleaner the paint fell out.
So any suggestions on a permanant marking of the groove - I have cut a small piece of Dyno tape and stuck it over one groove mainly to see if it will stay stuck.

 

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Thanks lads - Just ordered a white paint pen.

 

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Do they offer this model in a different finish? If so you could order replacement knobs in that finish, assuming those are easier to read.

These are push in push out knobs -Probably cost half as much as cooker.

Pictures of wife - You must be kidding -thats a Perma ban - For me that is.

I will try all the suggested fixes above after each one fails.

 

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Does your wife have any fetching colours of nail polish? Fill below the surface and wipe the top surface with nail polish remover for a sharp cutline.

For added brownie points you can tell you're wife that her nails now match the cooker, just like her wedding dress matched the colour of the fridge, it's destiny!

Good luck OP .

Never in the 50 yrs we have been married have I seen her with nail polish on so that avenue is closed.
She may have used it when we got married but I can't remember that far back.

 

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Grrrr. Is Post office on strike - my white pen was supposed to come today - was all stressed up ready to do it.

 

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The paint came this morning - I now accept doing small fine jobs with one and half eyes that can't focus properly at very close distance and hands that don't work is a total waste of time - I have them done but it's not the sort of job I would post pictures of on here -It looks ok as you stand back but won't stand up to close scrutiny - What knackered it up was the very finely cut circular machined lines on the face of the knob which allowed paint to seep under masking tape.

The wife being up to the point said Oh ******* leave it -it will do for us and no one else is ever going to see it.

It is nice to be able to see the off possition on knobs.

One more thing - Why was the first knob a right pain to remove where the other three were easy -I put knobs back on and tried again just to see if it was me -but no it was a hard pull where shouting loud english phrasings worked again.

Ps - thanks Mr.Cookie -will keep it in mind.

OK here it is

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I think it looks alright to, might even send your pics in to technical if you don't mind so that the factories and design peeps can see what people are feeling they need to do.

Be my guest - I am sure that younger people with good eye's would have no problems but us OAPs do struggle with the simple things in life -
I did use a glass pen - in fact it was for glass -plastic - metal -wood and most other things.

I did cover up the paint running with black marker pen so no idea of how long that will last.

It certainly makes a world of difference just being able to see where the off position is.