One other option to prep chrome or any other metal for adhesion: a micro
sandblaster that looks sort of like an airbrush. Sandblasting pattern area
is a little over a millimeter. They cost about $100. I can give more info if
anyone is interested. Also nice for cleaning up small parts.
Karl Lutes
Union KY
55 2nd GMC
----- Original Message -----
From: Billy Gibson <bgibson@internetwork.net>
To: <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Frank Folkmann <ffolkman@gibsoncounty.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Emblem Paint
> 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
>
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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