You Might Try Vinegar it work on aluminum and some other metals
if it work or if you find something that does let me know as I'm going to
paint mine soon
HooT 58
----- Original Message -----
From: <ADvent@thuntek.net>
To: Frank Folkmann <ffolkman@gibsoncounty.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Emblem Paint
> i don't know what would be the best paint, but i do know that paint or
primer
> doesn't stick well to chrome, so I am wondering if the chrome shop can
etch the
> painted areas for better paint adhesion. Another trick I learned as kid
building
> plastic models was to thin the paint 1 to 1 or even 2 to 1 thinner to
paint those
> grills and. Try that with a brush. It ain't gonna happen. You simply just
pour the
> paint in with an eye dropper or a syringe. Gravity pulls the paint to the
lowest
> area and you end up with an absolutly perfectly painted hood ornimant. You
might
> have to do half of the chrome piece at a time, because looking my AD
truck's
> orniment I see it is curved a little. if you do it all at once, the paint
will be
> thicker on one side of the letters that the other and it won't look very
well .
>
> Frank Folkmann wrote:
>
> > Hi Group.
> > I am new to the list. My question, What kind of paint to use on
the 55
> > chev truck hood ornament. It has just been chromed.
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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