So you get your car club Plaque from Mr. O'brians and it time to hook that ***** up!!! I grab my trusty drill with a velcro sander pad on it, and with a 60 grit I go over the out side of the plaque and start to smooth it out I repeate this with 120 to start to get rid of the fine lines I make sure theres no inperfection and sand the rest by hand' now its time to wet sand with some 1200 grit the get it smooth After that I clean it with some Prep Clean Pre paint solvent and with some good old OIL I wipe all the edges down so the paint wont stick A nice coat of primer and you an see the oil... Then it is shot with some Black,, After it drys you can scape the paint with you finger nail to get all the black off. with all the paint off it starting to look like something.. From here I polished the plaque with car wax to get it to shine and protect the paint from the Mothers Chrome Polish Then I polish the hell out of the outside with mothers and BADA BOOM,, Nice plaque. I got this belt buckle from Dirty Donny and I thought it makes more sense to run it on my Plaque Heres a metal flake version I did a long time ago.. Happy Tech week!!! evel
So do they come al one color when you order them?? then you have to color it yo'self or is this just to cutomize your own plate.
Little projects are fun. You can start THEM and get THEM finished in a afternoon. Are you one of THEM?
They can paint them black for an extra charge but you have to polish it.. most of the time they are just bead blasted.
What is it your thinking? steeling my idea for you club plaques hahahaha dammm theeves... Adamo: No build shots..Just replace Black with Flake and your done. you too can bite my style...hahahha just kiddin,,, The Flake plaque is for my Rodaster and the black one is for the Coupe.. the day I get to put these on my cars will be a good one!!
Maybe this is a dumb question... but why not paint it first, then use your power tool and sandpaper afterwards to remove the paint from the raised areas and buff it? Might save on your fingernail.
Because the paint get scuffed when you try to detail it with the sand paper. If you get it super smooth before you paint it you don't have to worrie about using sand paper near your fresh paint. By the time the you paint you should be done with the sanding and all your doing is polishing. I've tried booth ways and it seems that I would always screw up the paint.
Awe man, that was gonna be my wise *** question... "What do YOU hang it on when YOU are done with it?" It sorta loses it's sarcastic bite now. You have outdone me again Big E. Sincerly now, will you be joining your Wisconsin Chapter for our show in AUgust? It would be nice to see you again. I don't know what happened with you and Cheater Chris on the ride home from Detroit, but it's my understanding that he missed his period and his dad wants to talk to you! BIG TIME STUFF FOLKS!!! CHEATERAMA - August 19th The Nite Owl Diner 830 East Layton Ave Milwaukee, WI Warm Wishes to you and your loved ones, Carl Urbainak
Nice job Evel. PIA has 15 more for you to do. I think he wants one in chartruese and one in teal To save your fingernails (and your polishing job if your nails are sharp) try wrapping a rag around your index finger and dipping it in thinner or reducer. Also, you can save yourself a lot of time if you wipe most of the paint off the polished surfaces before it dries. Be careful or you'll hit the background and screw up your Metalflake. Dennis (getting ready to head over to the little show across the street here in Louisville) BTW, they set a record for registrations at the show yesterday with over 800 registrations! Looks like it could be a big one!
I use this same method except I use acetone while the piant is still tacky. The acetone will very easily remove the paint and it will evaporate completely, leaving no residue. I learned this trick painting "honeycomb" style Trans Am wheels when I woked in a custom wheel shop back in the early '80s.
Here's a pic of how ours come out when theye are finished.... But I got to say, yours with the flakes is super clean....
Another method would be to paint the whole thing....no oil.....then dragging the face on a wide belt sander to get the paint of the high spots. I don't remember how I did mine....I believe i painted the whole thing and sanded off the raised portions by hand. I got a little artsy painting in the Texas shape with the flag colors, then clearcoated the whole thing. Still lookin' good after 4 or 5 years in my rear window...
Bringing this topic waaay back up to the top as I'm right in the process of painting my plaque. Hoping some members can post some process pics. Thanks!
That's pretty much what I did; only I powdercoated mine, then laid a sheet of sandpaper on a flat surface, taped a 'handle' to the back, and started sanding...
Thanks Guys! Pretty much what I was planning. I wish I could've seen Evel's Tech Pics from when this thread first started.
................That's what I did, but I did finish it by outlining the perimeter edge with one-shot.
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