side badges
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3rd Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: OREGON
side badges
a few questions on how to paint my side badges...
#1 how do you remove them and still be able to reuse them (so not messing up the sticky part)
#2 what are the steps to painting them properly so it wont peel
#1 how do you remove them and still be able to reuse them (so not messing up the sticky part)
#2 what are the steps to painting them properly so it wont peel
The Godfather
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 15,480
From: Temple, Texas
Well there is no easy way to remove them and not take some of the adheasive with them, however Home Depot, and other places, sell a can of spray on tape (if you will), that you can spray on a surface and make it adhear to anything, I've used it and it works fairly well. To take off the badges use an old credit car, and just work it, you can get a hair dryer to heat it up a bit to make it a little easier, but a little elbow grease is all you really need.
Sanding/stripping old paint
Primer
Light Sanding (1000 grit)
Primer
First Coat
Light Sanding (1000 grit)
Second Coat
light Sanding (2000 grit)
Third Coat
Final Coat
Clear Coat
Final Clear Coat
That's a good example of how to paint most parts with a gun, but for side emblems, all you really need is some good model paint, that stuff is beast, and will do what you need.
Sanding/stripping old paint
Primer
Light Sanding (1000 grit)
Primer
First Coat
Light Sanding (1000 grit)
Second Coat
light Sanding (2000 grit)
Third Coat
Final Coat
Clear Coat
Final Clear Coat
That's a good example of how to paint most parts with a gun, but for side emblems, all you really need is some good model paint, that stuff is beast, and will do what you need.
The Godfather
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 15,480
From: Temple, Texas
Depends on the look you want, but model paint (the good stuff) is decent good quality paint. If it starts to wear or fade, it's cheap and easy enough to quickly fix, but yes, model paint as in the cars. Also, depends on what you're painting exactly, if you're going to repaint the whole thing, then I'd lightly sand the emblem to remove red/white/blue paint, and to roughen up the silver/chrome so that it will hold a new color. Don't forget to prime them, if you don't I promise you the paint will not stick.
