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I had an old parts hood that had a bunch of dents and rust and I was cleaning out the part shed so it was time for it to go. before I tossed it I pulled the "FORD" emblems off the front and almost left the side badges as they looked really faded and were so dirty that I didn't think they were any good. But I pulled them and cleaned them up just to make sure and after a quick paint job on one I was sure glad I did as they look great and will be going on my truck when it's done...
How did you paint the raised letters and not everything else?
How did you paint the raised letters and not everything else?
I taped off everything that was easy to tape then sprayed it with primer and then paint. After it had dried a little (still tacky) I took a clean rag dipped in acitone and carefully wiped off the raised ribs leaving the paint down in the low spots. Anything that was stuck on or in a tuff spot I used a razorblade dipped in acitone (not to much as you don't want it to run off the blade and onto the paint that's staying. Hope that helps.
ok so I edited the first page of this thread and added the pics from my computer but it took forever so I'm not sure how long it will be to update the rest. Sorry I'll do my best for those who want to see them. Other projects continue to shove their way ahead of this one but I'm still planning and collecting parts for it.
Yeah sorry, Photobucket is requiring an "upgrade" to continue hosting photos. A few years back I paid them $40 to keep the photos up but the new up grade is $400 for one year!!! sorry I will be spending that on the truck not "PhotoRipOff"
Yeah photobucket sent me the same message, I will be moving all my stuff off there asap.
I've updated the photo's through page 6 and working on page 7. I've had to search through old memory cards to find most of these pics so it's taking forever. but it is cool to go back and visit the project very closely to match the correct photo's to what I was doing, just wish I could get back to it again soon. Anyway for those who care to look back at the project there are pic's to see again for half of it... more to be fixed as I find and organize the photo's.
Photobucket can die for all I care. I just finished adding back all the pics to this thread and I have to say that sucked! I don't think I'll ever use a 3rd party site for photo's ever again.
The only update is for my daily driver truck. I've wanted to put new seatbelts in for a while and my in cab fuel tank started leaking. So I decided it was time to take out the tank and put in modern seatbelts. I had a 87 parts truck that I cut out the cab pillar that had the seatbelt mount in it and it fits into the pocket of the older trucks with a little trimming. So I pulled out the seats and the carpet then the fuel tank and cleaned up the work area.
07-21-2017, 10:21 PM
