The Ghia Logo "horn button" is impossible to find so I decided to cast my own. Eventually this will fit the Momo type button...after some diameter adjustments and reprinting/casting. Another useless project for my car....
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Nice work. Looks great.
Thanks. This is an ongoing little project just to see what is possible. When I was in the Auto design business, we had a team doing logos/badges in print, metal or resin covered. I didn't do the stuff myself but my staff did and I just copied how they did it! So its not me really...
How do you get the “Domed” look to the button, or do you have a vertical edge?
Trying to do some wheel centers!
Thanks!
Rocky
The resin has enough surface tension so that it will act like a water drop and round off when it reaches the edge of the support. We use to do many auto stickers (prototypes for production) by printing the logo/image on 3M covering type film and then carefully using a dropper, apply liquid resin from the center outward until it reached the edges. Then can go back and add more to get extra thickness. The product we used was a Urethane two part mix and did have a certain flexiblity once set up. For the pieces I just made I used another product that is called "Glazing Resin" and it sets up harder and does the same effect. (actually got it from a crafts store!) The center caps should be on a metal support? and you can just lay them down on foil and add the product. Or, you can put it on something like a socket from the tool box to raise and then add the resin. My badges were printed on a metal chrome support but I just laid them out on foil. I just received another product..today actually.. and it is another resin and I am going to do another test. Just another project against retirement! Here is a ink to a source in the US of A for the resin I used as in my photos https://www.dickblick.com/item...uDBdWC83g2l-j5Skivaf
Have fun, Dan
