Painting Emblems, Thoughts?

[rgretzinger]

I am in the process of having my 74 painted a nice dark blue and I am going to freshen up the emblems. I have never been a fan of the faded yellow color on the emblems and I have always thought that a nice bright red and dark blue go well together. So I washed a test emblem (mine are a different version where the K5 is hollow and Blazer is solid) with a good dish soap to get the grime off and then used a red model paint to pain the colored areas. I will say that the red turned out like a maroon and I will have to go with a brighter, candy apple red for the second coat. What are peoples thoughts. Like, dislike, suggestions. I would like to get the colored areas to have more of a gloss look. Do they make clear coat model paint?

 

[Jeremy_C]

For some reason I like that......hmmmm....

 

[Defiantcustompaint]

You can just use a rattle can clear, from autozone or the like. Other option is to paint the emblems on the panels. I end up airbrushing logos where decals used to be a lot on projects now. Get a stencil cut, and it's really easy then.

 

[Blue85]

I did this once and it worked OK for a couple of years. Then the paint I added started to flake off. It was very hard to get it all back to the original color again. There is no easy way to prep that surface or to spray a real paint in there without messing up the chrome. I would skip the rattle cans as there is nothing in them that can hold up to years of outside exposure. Plus, the complexity of the shape makes masking tough. If you could mix a little catalyzed primer and apply it with a brush, then catalyzed paint, it could work great or it could screw it up for good.

 

[rgretzinger]

If I can get these to look good for 5 years I would be happy. The paint I am using is an enamel model paint that is brushed on. I am going to do 2 coats of color and then add a clear coat on top.

 

[TheBeast_88K5]

Use One-Shot...

It will last FOREVER.

 

[ryoken]

eh, that's an exaggeration.. I've had a friend in my biz who's done nothing but boat names for almost 40 yrs and he uses a ton of it. and I have firsthand experience at it's longterm durability... i've looked at a ton of his jobs that are 5, 10, 15 yrs old and can say that after a decade or so, a good portion begin to fail..

BUT that is an extreme environment and understandable.. it's damn good paint for a non catalyzed resin, like the best Rustoleum you could ever buy... and 10 yrs is a damn long time on a truck emblem anyway, but it's not forever..