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Cool Truck
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Bowie,MD
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Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
I went to the craft store today to get some felt so I could reskin my door panels, and I bought a little bottle of Testor's paint for $2.19. I bought a horn button months ago because it was nicer than mine and then bought a nicer one than the one I had bought. The only problem with them was the black lettering was faded and so was the black ring. Back when I was in high school, when ever I need to paint a really fine detail I would always use a pencil tip so I thought I'd do the same for the lettering but with a toothpick instead. That idea didn't work so I figured I'd try one more thing and it did work. I loaded some paint on the button above the lettering and took a tissue to wipe the excess off. This work out great, so then I got out a small brush and repainted the ring. While I had the brush out, I figured I might as well repaint the 292 badges I bought from Special K a long time ago. Anyhow, here are some before and after pics.
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1968 Chevrolet C20 Longhorn "Cool Truck" 1937 Chevrolet Pickup - Project Looking for a patina'd 68 50th Anniversary longbed |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Lebanon, Mo.
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Nice
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Jacksonville,Arkansas
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Very nice.. well done.
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Those look fantastic now. Now that you have three horn buttons.....would you part with one?
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Special Order
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Location: Mt Airy, MD
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
That freshened the horn buttons and engine badges up like new.
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Cluster King
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Location: Junction City, OR
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Excellent work. It is very enjoyable to bring something back to life rather than replace it with aftermarket parts, in my opinion.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Thanks for the kind words.
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Location: Fruitport, Michigan
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
I have a 68 GMC and did the exact same thing with mine. The chrome was bad so I had to have it powder coated.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Arizona
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Those turned out really well!
Thanks for including the before pictures. |
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Location: Southern Cal
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Re: Restoring Some Horn Buttons and Engine Badges
Those came out great! 67-68 horn buttons are the best looking IMO
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