Grille emblem

Nice Job! Beats buying a new one!

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Originally posted by midenginemike:
I stripped it in the blast cabinet and got out the little paint brushes.

Mike, what media did you use in the blast cabinet?

It lools great!

Regards Mark 6808

Mike
Looks really cool...
It's amazing how much all those small details count, well to me anyway.
Dennis

DANG!! It looks like Jewlery now. How did you get that again?? Can you do one of them step by step photo how to do it things??

That looks good Brad! Mine has a rock chip in it. There was one on ebay.. like new starting bid $140. I' think I'll take your approach.

Thanks everyone for the compliments !! I stripped it with plain old white silica sand, holding the gun back a ways. Put one coat of etch primer on. My car is @ grabber blue so I sprayed that on the whole thing. Then using a very small brush, apply the white. Then black down in the grooves and finally silver on the top raised parts. Then go back and touch up the places where its not to your liking. I let each color dry over night. Clear coat the hell out of it......This was a 1972 emblem. Its stamped from the back to raise the parts up on the front side. I guess they are all made the same, but im not sure. Give it a shot, Its not too hard............

So you used an air brush or a paint brush?

I sprayed the blue with a detail gun. Then I used a very small paint brush for the other colors. Actually I cut some bristles off to make it even smaller.