PSP cosmetic repairs

I bought a cheap PSP in an uncommon colour that isn't in the best condition. There are light scratches on the screen, and some deeper ones to the casing, taking off the paint.

Has anyone had any success in making cosmetic repairs to consoles using some sort of plastic filler, then repainting/respraying the casing? A bit like you get your car fixed in a bodyshop, they mix the paint colour. Is there something similar for hobbyists?

Also, the "nub" seems to be permanently stuck slightly left which results in some involuntary movement when playing games that use it.

 

You can get automotive paint in small qantities (like nail polish bottles), meant for minor repairs, if you know what color you need.

 

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I am after. Or little pots like you use for model painting. Getting a colour match is the difficulty I guess. It's "Ice Silver".

 

Some building supply stores offer a service mixing wall paint matching whatever item/photo/... you show them. Maybe you can talk them into scanning the shell and just telling you the RGB values, and work from there? No idea how well it would work with a silvery surface though (not a very common wall color )

 

post photos of the system please
is it the Simpsons version? IIRC you can get replacement yellow housings from china

 

If it's a glossy color that probably won't work. Shiny objects tend to scan too bright (as the scanners light reflects off the glossy surface screwing with the color it comes up with). Also it doesn't give you RGB values, it gives you the formula that matches up to their tint system. If they sell a suitable paint for it though they could always try it, and if they have a good color matching person there they can always adjust an imperfect scan to get it very close. I can't imagine getting exact though.

 

Paint stores don’t use a scanner they would use one of those fancy colour measuring cameras
A coffee shop near work uses one and its a bit of a wank TBH

 

That's what I meant, we just call it the color scanner at work. It's this funky camera thing you push up against a surface. It takes any color it sees and combines it into one color, so textured surfaces screw it up, and glossy surfaces tend to change the color too (since it uses a light to light up the surface). Ours works good most of the time, but there's certainly times where it doesn't come out right, usually on imperfect samples. Luckily there's a lady there that is really good at adjusting the formula by eye to fix anything that doesn't scan right.