I redid the silver on the steering wheel centre cap last night. It took me about an hour and half to mask the little sucker. It's not as perfect as I would like but it's a lot better than it was.
Looks great!!! Nicely done. :yes:
Have you tried using a syringe with paint? In places where I need to paint that are recessed I load up a syringe with paint and drag it around slowly while applying the paint. It flows out perfectly even and does a nice job. Only takes a few minutes to do a 3 spoke pad. Don't look at my silver paint. I grabbed the wrong color and did it over. But you get the idea about the trick. Just in case next time you want to skip the masking. :D
Interesting idea. Is it hard to get thin even coverage? I'm assuming the paint would spread better if it is thinned. Do you have to thin it?
Yes, thinned paint works best, but rattle can paint is pretty thin to begin with so I don't have to thin it. Inks or quality paint would most likely need to be thinned.
Quote from: blown motor on March 02, 2017, 09:11:39 AM
Interesting idea. Is it hard to get thin even coverage? I'm assuming the paint would spread better if it is thinned. Do you have to thin it?
I rubbed a little of the silver paint off of my center cap. What paint do you recommend to best match the original?
It's actually VHT high temperature Caliper paint. I used it because that's what I had. I sprayed it out on paper first to see the colour and it looked near perfect.
Quote from: Cuda Cody on March 02, 2017, 09:06:32 AM
Looks great!!! Nicely done. :yes:
Have you tried using a syringe with paint? In places where I need to paint that are recessed I load up a syringe with paint and drag it around slowly while applying the paint. It flows out perfectly even and does a nice job. Only takes a few minutes to do a 3 spoke pad. Don't look at my silver paint. I grabbed the wrong color and did it over. But you get the idea about the trick. Just in case next time you want to skip the masking. :D
Good idea! I'll have to try that. My effort at masking and using paint pins was a disaster. :pullinghair:
When I go to the store to buy needles I always feel like I have to tell them what I'm using it for. :huh: They just look at me strange. Not sure if they don't care or think I'm lying. :haha:
Wow that's a great idea. What do you use to make the steering wheel black again. Did you just use a cleaner?
There's a few different cleaners you can use and if needed, SEM makes a nice paint that sticks to rubber.
Quote from: Shoooter on March 03, 2017, 09:58:21 PM
Wow that's a great idea. What do you use to make the steering wheel black again. Did you just use a cleaner?
Are these medical needles? What size works the best for paint flow
Quote from: Cuda Cody on March 03, 2017, 03:54:26 PM
When I go to the store to buy needles I always feel like I have to tell them what I'm using it for. :huh: They just look at me strange. Not sure if they don't care or think I'm lying. :haha:
Well, Cody, they know that you are addicted to something like the rest of us. Tell them you're a Mopar e-body addict they'll believe and understand that lol
Is there a certain colour you use Cody? I picked up my needles today
Quote from: Cuda Cody on March 02, 2017, 09:06:32 AM
Looks great!!! Nicely done. :yes:
Have you tried using a syringe with paint? In places where I need to paint that are recessed I load up a syringe with paint and drag it around slowly while applying the paint. It flows out perfectly even and does a nice job. Only takes a few minutes to do a 3 spoke pad. Don't look at my silver paint. I grabbed the wrong color and did it over. But you get the idea about the trick. Just in case next time you want to skip the masking. :D
Funny, I've been suggesting this for years.. No one ever seemed to think it was a great idea..... I first saw it done with being given a tour of Trim Parts in Lebanon Ohio.... They were painting emblems.... Hundreds & hundreds of emblems... Fast, easy & great results....
I used Eastwood rally wheel spray paint and it was a failure as far as I'm concerned.
I'll post some pictures but my problem was not the method or my syringe it was the fact spray paint was way too hard to work with in my opinion.
It would come out to fast and then pool up.
I would have to scrape it off cuz it looked horrible and this is what the final product look like.
@Cuda Cody (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/cuda-cody_1)
Cody...You think I could go to a local craft store and try to find some silver paint in a tube or something and then try this method? I'm usually pretty good with painting but this was not working for me.
Thanks
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Looks to me like you did just fine..... I've used Testors for small project for years.... They sell small quantities, pretty cheap, it holds up very well.... Lots of colors... It flows through the syringe just fine.... Whats not to like?
Looks good in the photo. :banana:
I restored mine with vinyl spray paint and Testors model paint as well.
That looks great! :twothumbsup: I've gonna do mine in near future with Cody's syringe method. :twothumbsup:
I just got done painting the ring around a reproduction cap. The cap had three casting "nubs" in the area that needs to be painted. I cut off the "nubs" with a knife but the spots are still slightly visible. The masking went really well. I ripped painters tape into little strips and worked my way around the cap. I pressed the tape strips into the recessed area with a butter knife. That worked perfectly to get the tape down into channel. Once the recessed channel had tape in it I masked of the rest of the cap. Right before painting I used a utility knife and cut around the taped edges in the recessed channel and removed the tape. This entire process only took 20 minutes. I didn't try to mask up to the paint line. I just covered everything with tape...then cut out the tape in the area that gets painted. You get a nice crisp paint line this way.
I sprayed three really light coats of Rallye wheel paint.(waited 10 minutes between each mist coat) Then I sprayed a coat of satin clear. The key is light coats so the paint can't bleed around the tape edge.
One coat of Krylon "Dull Aluminum" works well too :bigthumb:
I didn't have any dull aluminum. I used what I had. In the past, trying to get coverage in one coat has caused bleed through. A few very light coats insures that the paint isn't thick enough to bleed.
We just had a post about making stupid mistakes. Trying to get good paint coverage in one quick step is the mistake I make quite often.
The Krylon stuff goes on real nice it one light coat...I use it quite a bit and highly recommend it.
All good tips! :twothumbsup:
looks great. I'm going to try mine this weekend coming up!
Might interest someone on this thread: https://forum.e-bodies.org/parts-for-sale/9/steering-wheel-cap/2769/
Quote from: CudaMoparRay on September 12, 2017, 12:38:15 PM
Might interest someone on this thread: https://forum.e-bodies.org/parts-for-sale/9/steering-wheel-cap/2769/
Steering wheel cap pending
Hey guys,
I wanted to share with you another way to paint the thin line on the steering pad. Not a better one but maybe a easiest method.
I did it with a roller pen, silver color. The covering is good and you can apply the color very fast. It took me only 10 minutes, and no overpaint anywhere.
If it's ok for the pad the result wasn't so good on the center cap because you don't cover the surface as well as a you can with a paint brush. So i used my modelling paint.
I hope it may help people who are not stable when using a paint brush or a needle :bigthumb:
Cedric
Quote from: CudaMoparRay on September 17, 2017, 12:47:16 PM
Quote from: CudaMoparRay on September 12, 2017, 12:38:15 PM
Might interest someone on this thread: https://forum.e-bodies.org/parts-for-sale/9/steering-wheel-cap/2769/
Steering wheel cap pending
Going to Mark for shipping cost only.