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Title: Restoring a Bottle door Medallion on an 81. Post by: SIGNGUY on March 06, 2008, 09:21:08 pm Anyone have any luck restoring a bottle door medallion for an 81... I can get the fronts nice an polished up on a buffing wheel, but a few I've had to clean the paint off and they need repainting.. I found a pretty good match to the green for the 81a medallion, but not real good on getting the gold paint into the recessed letters.
anyone have any luck or some tips on how to do this? Title: Re: Restoring a Bottle door Medallion on an 81. Post by: SIGNGUY on March 09, 2008, 07:51:21 am Bump back up.... so Noone has any tips??? I'm rather stumped but have to redo a few of them? any suggestions would be great...
Title: Re: Restoring a Bottle door Medallion on an 81. Post by: coke_and_stuff on March 09, 2008, 11:23:23 am Im sorry I cant help, Do you happen to have any pics? You might have to go with repop lenses.
Joey Title: Re: Restoring a Bottle door Medallion on an 81. Post by: MoonDawg on March 09, 2008, 11:25:25 am I've done a few.
Assuming all the old paint has been removed, spray several light coats of gold paint on the inside of the medallion, making sure paint flows into each of the letters. When dry, dampen a rag with some cleaning solvent and begin absorbing paint off the backside by wiping in a circle, getting all those grooves clean. This will still leave gold paint in the letters and a circle around the circumfrence. Now spray the whole inside again, this time with green and you're done....... Title: Re: Restoring a Bottle door Medallion on an 81. Post by: SIGNGUY on March 09, 2008, 09:15:44 pm THE MASTER HAS SPOKEN.. Thanks Glen, Great idea.. .I was thinking of trying someting like that today as well. I actually was able to lightly sandblast the insides clean with low pressure, and they came out real nice...
I'll take some photos of how they come out... Thanks |