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04-13-2015, 01:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
Vintage Kin Owner
Wesley Chapel
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Black Letters and Badges
just wondering if anyone had done the black letters and badges on a 70s?
We. Are thinking on removing them and have them powder coated, but now we are. Debating between the blue letters and colored badges or going black.
For some reason the black on a polished AS appears very classy...
Anyone out there has done this right?
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04-13-2015, 02:34 PM
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Always learning
1972 29' Ambassador
1962 19' Globetrotter
1951 21' Flying Cloud
Central
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Yes.
I had the letters powder coated silver on my 72. The powder coater had a lot of problems with them and didn't like how they looked, so he didn't charge me. He said the pot metal was off gassing and ruining the finish.
I had the letters powdercoated anthracite on a customer's '69. This was done at High Point powdercoating in Liberty Hill, TX. He also had a hard time getting a good finish and told me he'd never do another set
That looked great when he was finished with them.
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04-13-2015, 04:09 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeggieBullet
For some reason the black on a polished AS appears very classy...
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Great minds think alike
I LOVE the "black on shiny" look. I'm going black on everything. I've coated my wraps with black truck bed liner. Black rub rail and trim inserts. Black and polished on all the letters and emblems. Clear coat over everything.
Thrilled so far.
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04-13-2015, 04:18 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1973 25' Tradewind
1962 22' Safari
Augusta
, Georgia
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 169
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Very Nice!
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04-14-2015, 08:01 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
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Wesley Chapel
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Top
Yes.
I had the letters powder coated silver on my 72. The powder coater had a lot of problems with them and didn't like how they looked, so he didn't charge me. He said the pot metal was off gassing and ruining the finish.
I had the letters powdercoated anthracite on a customer's '69. This was done at High Point powdercoating in Liberty Hill, TX. He also had a hard time getting a good finish and told me he'd never do another set
That looked great when he was finished with them.
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Thanks Top!
I know that we saw this done before but can't find any pics here, you wouldn't have any pictures handy from any of the projects that you mentioned?
Now wonder if I should get them powder coated or just got with some POR 15 TopCoat...any inputs?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixter
Great minds think alike
I LOVE the "black on shiny" look. I'm going black on everything. I've coated my wraps with black truck bed liner. Black rub rail and trim inserts. Black and polished on all the letters and emblems. Clear coat over everything.
Thrilled so far.
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Love the pictures! What products where you using? Looks great👍
BTW
I'm thinking about the International badge to go black and grey....any thoughts?
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04-14-2015, 11:45 AM
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Always learning
1972 29' Ambassador
1962 19' Globetrotter
1951 21' Flying Cloud
Central
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04-14-2015, 12:22 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1972 29' Ambassador
Cupertino
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Those do indeed look nice!
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04-14-2015, 08:29 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Top
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Wow, Top- that looks nice!
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04-14-2015, 08:33 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeggieBullet
Love the pictures! What products where you using? Looks great👍
BTW
I'm thinking about the International badge to go black and grey....any thoughts?
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I just used rustoleum black, and clear. I did my International badges in black and chrome rustoleum, however, I did not let it cure long enough before the clear, and it turned the chrome to gray. I think I'm going to hit it again with the chrome, and wont clear that part this time. The gray doesnt look bad- I just think the chrome looked better.
I can take some pics of the badges tomorrow so you can see that look.
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04-15-2015, 06:21 AM
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Always learning
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Thank you for the kind words.
Mixter,
Nice looking work there.
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04-15-2015, 06:56 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
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Here's a few angles of my International badges. The gray was what I painted chrome. I cleared it too soon and this is what it turned. Its not terrible, but I liked the chrome better.
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04-17-2015, 06:11 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
Vintage Kin Owner
Wesley Chapel
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Black Letters and Badges
Hmmmm.... That's pretty similar to what I had in mind...
I was looking to do something like this with the international badges..
Yours came out cool....
I wasn't thinking about the chrome option though....
Again, nice work !!!!!!!
Now I'm debating between grey or chrome.... What an existential crisis !!!😄
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04-17-2015, 06:19 AM
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1972 27' Overlander
Denver
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I'm not at the polishing stage but these look fantastic!
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04-20-2015, 09:30 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
Vintage Kin Owner
Wesley Chapel
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Black Letters and Badges
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixter
Great minds think alike
I LOVE the "black on shiny" look. I'm going black on everything. I've coated my wraps with black truck bed liner. Black rub rail and trim inserts. Black and polished on all the letters and emblems. Clear coat over everything.
Thrilled so far.
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Mr. Mixter,
Just for the sake of keeping this thread a live until I can literately get my hands on it.
Not sure if you have the whole process of how you did yours on another thread or if you can please walk me thru will be great.
Plus who knows, may be will will encourage others !!
Got the black gloss top coat POR15, what did you use for chrome and clear coat?
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04-20-2015, 09:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
Vintage Kin Owner
Wesley Chapel
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by veggiebullet
mr. Mixter,
just for the sake of keeping this thread a live until i can literately get my hands on it.
Not sure if you have the whole process of how you did yours on another thread or if you can please walk me thru these 2 pics process will be great.
Plus who knows, may be will will encourage others !!
Got the black gloss top coat por15, what did you use for chrome and clear coat
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04-20-2015, 11:02 AM
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1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
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Hey bud- I did not use POR15 on the emblems or letters.
First thing I did was sand everything down on the HF belt sander: Combination 4" x 36" Belt / 6" Disc Sander
The sanding was fairly aggressive on some of this stuff to get it down to even, new metal. The letters were easy- just push them straight down on the belt and the edges shine right up. I did not sand the whole thing- just the edge that faces out. I kept them oriented the same way so the sanding marks make it look brushed.
The Land Yacht and Overlander badges weren't too bad either, but they did have some low spots that took some finesse to get the corrosion off in those areas. To keep it flat was just taking off too much metal and the letters were getting more and more shallow. I did use the angled attachment o on the disc sander and put a nice bevel on the perimeter.
The International badges were the hardest because mine were all warped. There was no way to just press it face down like I did with the letters. I tried to eyeball it and keep it flat to carefully sand off all the old pitted chrome plating.
Next was paint the black. I just used Rustoleum rattle can: Professional High Performance Enamel Spray Product Page
On the letters and International badges I sprayed the whole thing, then re-sanded after a couple days of curing to re- expose the trim. For the Land Yacht and Overlander, I sprayed the black into the lid and applied with a brush, then re-sanded flush.
All pieces were clear coated with Rustoleum Clear.
The Chrome is from an Auto parts store: Paint & Accessories | Aerosol Paint | Dupli-Color® Automotive Metallic Coating Chrome 11 Oz. Aerosol - CS101 - Pkg Qty 6 | B659054 - GlobalIndustrial.com
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04-20-2015, 12:53 PM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
Vintage Kin Owner
Wesley Chapel
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Enamel?
Hmmmmm😏
I was originally thinking on getting some and going with the HVLP gun, but then I was thinking about the durability factor.
In theory POR15 top cote should be UV resistant....and since I will be doing spray foam insulation, once the letters and badges are back in place I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN....😁
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05-11-2015, 12:42 PM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
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Wesley Chapel
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Well,
After a lot of consideration I just dropped the international badges for powder coating, so let's see when they come back how would they look like.
Currently working on the letters based on Mixter's input...
will report results soon...
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05-25-2015, 05:38 AM
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1972 27' Overlander
Denver
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I think I will do this as well, only the letters and my side strips. I'm going to do the names plates the original red white and blue.
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06-04-2015, 02:58 PM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
2007 20' Safari SE
Vintage Kin Owner
Wesley Chapel
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mccrosti
I think I will do this as well, only the letters and my side strips. I'm going to do the names plates the original red white and blue.
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Cool, please feel free to post some pics here so we can all admire the fruits of your labor !
BTW we got the badges form the powder coating place.....
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