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how to paint the Ferguson hood emblems

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gshadel

01-10-2005 13:42:46




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Hi fellows,
now that I have a fairly nice paint job on my TO-20, I want to get the metal hood emblems on the hood painted-up... mine are looking pretty dull.
They are raised letters with a blue background, looks like they might have been chrome originally.
How can I paint them to make them look closer to original again?
Paint the whole thing with chrome-type paint first, then paint the blue and wipe off the blue from the raised letters? What kind of paint would work with that approach?
I don't have a steady hand, painting in the blue background with a small brush would be a killer!

New emblems cost ~$100 everyplace I have looked... too high for me. thanks

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TDK

01-12-2005 21:14:30




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 Re: how to paint the Ferguson hood emblems in reply to gshadel, 01-10-2005 13:42:46  
I believe the emblems are aluminum, correct me if I'm wrong! Buy a good brand of spray can paint that matches the blue. Get clearcoat in a good brand as well. If the emblems are aluminum or stainless they can be polished to chrome-like appearance. I usually do the IH 100 series tractors which are stainless, but some are aluminum. Just helped a friend restore a '63 Impala SS. The trim that runs full length of car is aluminum with clearcoat from factory. Following is how we did it. 1) Strip paint from emblem using paint stripper or 2 tbsp. Draino mixed with 1 gal. water. With the latter only leave part in mixture 2 - 4 minutes at a time. 2) Any dents or deep scratches can be straightened,filed and sanded smooth. 3) Polish with 600 grit, then 1000 grit (finer if you want) sandpaper until smooth. You don't have to be a particular with surfaces that will be painted blue. 4) Using a buffing pad on a drill o even better on a bench grinder polish with two grades of polish. An automotive paint suppiler can supply you with the need items for this step, including advice on polishing compounds.PS - we used products from Eastwood at www.eastwood.com 5) After polishing you can wipe with lacquer thinner and lightly scuff(600 grit) the surfaces to be painted and paint the blue background. Overspray on surfaces that should be polished can be removed with a cloth soaked in thinner. This should be done while paint is still tacky. After finishing this, but before paint is dry, clearcoat the entire emblem. Two to three heavy coats will do. RESULTS - The best looking emblems you could imagine. Experiment with the whole process. If it doesn't suit you or a mistake is made go back to square one and try again. Practice makes perfect. A friend of mine is about to restore his TO-30 and I'll probably do this to it's emblems too.

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pat s

01-12-2005 08:24:51




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 Re: how to paint the Ferguson hood emblems in reply to gshadel, 01-10-2005 13:42:46  
Powder coating is a good alternative to galvanizing or crome. Still expensive and needs to be done by a proffesional shop.



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rustyj14

01-11-2005 08:55:56




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 Re: how to paint the Ferguson hood emblems in reply to gshadel, 01-10-2005 13:42:46  
Painting those pieces with chrome paint will only make them look as if they had been painted with silver paint. Its virtually impossible to paint them to look like mirror chrome finish, as you would get from real chrome! I have done some aluminum wheels for my old Ranger truck with spray can silver, then clear coated them, and they look lots better than they did, and they will do for my old truck for next summer! But true chrome like finish is only done by plating! And, if you have the pieces redone with plating, you could then carefully mask off the part you want to be blue, and using a little modeler's brush, you can paint the parts yourself. Or ask somebody else to do it. But, when you take off the masking tape, you run the risk of pulling off the paint, too! Better to do it without masking it off. by: rustyj

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