Has anybody come up with an easy way to paint the letters on a chainguard that are stamped from the underside? Like Hawthorne or a Hiawatha?
painting letters on a chainguard
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You mean other than masking? Masking seams the obvious way, or at least the most traditional way to go. :? Many manufacterers used stencils, but I can't see that as being an easy alternative either. Seems as though a solid mask and then a "cut out" w/razor would be the way to go.
Here's a thought: It might sound stupid, and I've never tried it on a chainguard but...
You'd have to have a pretty steady hand. If you took a new sponge and soaked up a fair amount of the paint intended for the letters, but not so much that it was dripping off the sponge, you could take it and carefully press it onto each raised letter, painting only the letter? I tried it with a Schwinn badge and it worked well untill I dropped the sponge and totally messed things up. :lol:
You'd have to have a pretty steady hand. If you took a new sponge and soaked up a fair amount of the paint intended for the letters, but not so much that it was dripping off the sponge, you could take it and carefully press it onto each raised letter, painting only the letter? I tried it with a Schwinn badge and it worked well untill I dropped the sponge and totally messed things up. :lol:
I was thinking of the sponge thing myself... Never tried it though... Just an idea...
I would just use a lettering brush and some paint.
Oh man I also forgot about paint pens. That may work also.
All good ideas ,but i cant paint with a small brush very good. Thinking maybe a rubber roller like an ink roller for typeset. the paint would have to dry fast though. The sponge deal may work . I have one to play/practice with and not messup the other that is painted. Thanks yall for the ideas.
A sign shop with a vinyl cutting machine can cut out a stick on stencil which you can then easily spray paint over and peel off. You might even find they have a scanner to duplicate a design or font etc.
mail it to me, I'll paint it for you for free. you just pay shipping both ways.
Uncle Stretch,
The foam brushes work really good for this...you can get them in different widths and thicknesses at Home Depot, Lowes, and arts/ crafts stores. They also come in soft and firm versions- get the firm ones.
Another trick that works good- spread grease or vaseline on the areas you don't want painted. After your paint dries you just wipe it off- it's the same effect as masking. I found that the Vaseline is easier to work with, and you can use a small foam brush to get into tight areas. Just be careful that you don't get it on the area you want painted, or you'll need to wipe it down with thinner or acetone and start over.
I have one of those art lights with a magnifying lens that I work under- the light makes it easy to see where I've Vaselined.
Have fun- Pete
The foam brushes work really good for this...you can get them in different widths and thicknesses at Home Depot, Lowes, and arts/ crafts stores. They also come in soft and firm versions- get the firm ones.
Another trick that works good- spread grease or vaseline on the areas you don't want painted. After your paint dries you just wipe it off- it's the same effect as masking. I found that the Vaseline is easier to work with, and you can use a small foam brush to get into tight areas. Just be careful that you don't get it on the area you want painted, or you'll need to wipe it down with thinner or acetone and start over.
I have one of those art lights with a magnifying lens that I work under- the light makes it easy to see where I've Vaselined.
Have fun- Pete
I had thought about the vasaline trick but it seems like it wold be just as hard to keep all of it straight as to just paint the letters with a small brush. I'm probably going to go with a foam brush . seems to be the easiest . Thanks for everybodys sugestions. :lol:
ohhhh id hate to see that after painting(ive seen someone use that method to 'mask off' tires to paint the wheels on a car) lets just say after they saw it painted they had the tires removed and blasted everything off the wheels so they wouldnt have the fish eye problem ever again :lol: :lol: :lol:bmxerpete said:
silicone,grease,petroleum,and oils dont get along to well with paint........
Sensor,
I learned this trick from working in the classic auto restoration biz...we did this all the time when painting finned valve covers, master cylinders, all kinds of stuff that was too impractical to take apart or tape up. If you don't blast the paint on there with too high of an air pressure you won't have any problems.
Pete
I learned this trick from working in the classic auto restoration biz...we did this all the time when painting finned valve covers, master cylinders, all kinds of stuff that was too impractical to take apart or tape up. If you don't blast the paint on there with too high of an air pressure you won't have any problems.
Pete
