body and interior New Jewelry!

[Stuart]

Had my roundels repainted.

 

 

 

[John_in_VA]

They look great!  Sad to see the price for the new plastic "laminated" ones that last just a few years.

[kbmb02]

Had my roundels repainted.

 

Very Nice - can you share the process / vendor? (I've got a handful of original metal roundels in various shapes and sizes, would like to send a batch for refinishing). -KB

[Stuart]

Ken -

 

Its a friend of mine that lives up around Sonora. He did this as a one off for me. Not sure if he would do this in quantities but I can ask. He paints many different things including cars, motorcycles, helmuts and even HO scale slotcars. The photo below is of 4 cars he painted for an IROC style race on the track to the right. He is an artist.

 

 

Stuart

[sratner]

nice paint work. i'd be interested as we'll. i have a few badges all clean and ready for paint. please let us know if your friend is willing. thanks for sharing. -steve

[jdeitch]

nice paint work. i'd be interested as we'll. i have a few badges all clean and ready for paint. please let us know if your friend is willing. thanks for sharing. -steve

X2. Me too.

[thinksound_mike]

Do you know what kind of paint he used? I wonder if a close enough match could be made with paint from a hobby store. Like Testors for model cars.

[Stuart]

He used 1-Shot lettering enamel.  I have asked him for details on the paint colors and process of cleaning and prepping them prior to hand painting them.  I have also asked him if he would do some for others.  The one thing I will say is that if he does them, turnaround on his work does take some time.  Let me see what he says.  Here are a few more pics. 

 

As they were when they came off:

 

 

After cleaning and prep:

 

 

Done:

 

 

Stuart

[lilcphoto]

I have been tempted to get one of those gravity fed paint pens, and after reading up on remanufacturing emblems, it is quite tempting to try something like this out. I am interested to know the type of paint he used and the process he went through.

 

I'll definitely be casting a replacement setup to try out a few different ideas.

[thinksound_mike]

thanks for the info Spike. they look great!

[autobon7]

They look amazing......new

[Stuart]

New Jewelry mounted last weekend!

 

 

 

 

Stuart

[adawil2002]

Very nice, I repainted mine a few years ago with Testors paints, holding up quite well.

 

[dbmw2002]

New to the world of powder coating but would that be a possibility?

[Conserv]

New to the world of powder coating but would that be a possibility?

Maybe. You'd have to apply high-temp masking tape to prep for color 1., let's call it white, apply the white powdercoating, fire the white powdercoating, re-apply high-temp masking tape to prep for color 2., blue, apply the blue powdercoating, and fire the blue powdercoating. I suspect it would take more care and time than I could ask of my (normally very congenial) powdercoater! But if you were doing it yourself, or had an exceptionally patient powdercoater, it might work.

Steve