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The last detail left on my Crew is painting the fender badges. Have any of you done this and what is the best/easiest way to do this? It looks like the F-250 badges could be masked fairly easily, but what about the Crew Cab badges? Trying to mask and then cut around those letters doesn't look like it would work too well. I've thought about masking the edges and painting the entire face of it, then buffing the paint off the raised lettering. Any better ideas?

 

I am not sure what the badge looks like, so I don't know. Usually it involves hours of tedious cuts and re-cuts with masking tape.

 

There was a guy that sold some new crew cab inserts to put on your OE badge. I don't have it handy but a google search might find it.

As far as the 250 badge you can reprint them but nothing looks better than a new emblem. Carpenter sells those.

Edit, I believe this is the guy that made them. http://www.onceuponapart.com/installation.html

 

I'm not sure what badges you are working with, but here's how mine turned out.



I just wire wheeled them, then layed them flat on the table and used a qtip to drip paint into the inner areas. I did 2 or 3 coats

 

First ya need a slow drying enamel like 1 Shot Sign Paint (what pinstripers use). Thin it out to get proper flow... like brian1080 implied, the paint needs to flow. A cotton swab (Q-Tip) will work but if it dries too fast then the paint will layover each other and the daubs will be evident.

Wipe off any overages with moistened Q-Tip or rag... Oh, take it easy on the coffee or Red Bulls prior to painting.

Perhaps ya might try loading a small syringe to apply/drip the paint.

 

I used paint from a rattle can. I sprayed it into the lid, then dipped from there.

 

WOW! Those turned out great!

The badges I'm talking about are the F-250 and Crew Cab badges on my '76 Crew.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I'll see if I can get my hands on some of that paint and give it a try.

 

Nice thread and ideas, this is one of my projects for ol red and his exterior new paint job.

 

Very nice! Bringing some life back to my badges is on my list for this weekend.

 

Onceuponapart has nice stuff. Not exact, but nice. Just done mine.

 

Great ideas!!