Repainting letters on coil cover and supercharger housing
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Repainting letters on coil cover and supercharger housing
This seems a silly question but would like to know if there are any smart ideas repainting the embossed letters nicely. Tried using permanent marker before but the effect is not that good. Heat resistant paint is a must but I lack the artistic skills to do it.
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That was my eventual plan, something like a rubber ink roller to apply the paint to the raised letters.
Too bad the coil cover isn't aluminum like the intake duct, as you could take a sander and make the letters a brushed aluminum finish.
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Maybe I can just cover the surrounding of the raised letters with clay mask, or cover the entire area with self-adhesive and elastic plastic sheet (like michaelmedina2005 did) and then cut the raised letters out, and then spray, or just simply wrap the letters? Hope the right heat-resistant material and tools are available.
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I used a paint pen (edding 750 - A paint marker with a good heat resistance - edding.com) on the raised lettering of my supercharger over a year ago and it has held up quite well.
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One idea would be to use frisket, or masking fluid, brushed onto the background area around the letters and allowed to dry. After spray-painting the letters, just peel away the frisket:
Dick Blick Friskets & Masking Fluids
Cheers,
Don
Dick Blick Friskets & Masking Fluids
Cheers,
Don
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Thanks Graham, have a few but as usual can only find one or two
Here's Jamie's on his X type
Here's mine on my XJ
Both were done using Ferrari Red high temp resistant caliper paint
A small tin off Ebay was only around £6 iirc
There was no real secret or tips n tricks, just a little time, a small brush and a steady hand for pretty good results which have held up very well, as good as the day they were done
Jim
Here's Jamie's on his X type
Here's mine on my XJ
Both were done using Ferrari Red high temp resistant caliper paint
A small tin off Ebay was only around £6 iirc
There was no real secret or tips n tricks, just a little time, a small brush and a steady hand for pretty good results which have held up very well, as good as the day they were done
Jim
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I used a paint pen (edding 750 - A paint marker with a good heat resistance - edding.com) on the raised lettering of my supercharger over a year ago and it has held up quite well.
Eric.