Painting a Drake Ford "Script" Bumper

mike42

mike42

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Just purchased a Drake Rear Bumper with Ford script. Want to paint the Ford logo red to match my wheels. What kind of paint would stick to chrome ? Acrylic or enamel ?

Thx....Mike
 
Mike; almost any kind of paint will do. Are you going to brush or spray? Whatever you paint on to chromium will almost certainly need an acid etching prime first. I suspect the word ACID may petrify you but with some careful masking up first, just cover the area you plan to paint. Do you have a picture of the bumper?
 
Use a paint pen,availible at hobby shops/ its like a magic marker only has paint in it.Has a felt tip and is cut slanted just the right size. Did my 36 bumpers with one many yrs ago and still looks good. ken ct.
 
My son does pinstriping and has done this work several times with One Shot enamel.
A paint / body shop store should have all you need. House of Kolor (HOK) paints have a good variety of colors as well.
What Ken CT did has basically the same material in it.
http://www.1shot.com/
 
tiger.1000 said:
Mike; almost any kind of paint will do. Are you going to brush or spray? Whatever you paint on to chromium will almost certainly need an acid etching prime first. I suspect the word ACID may petrify you but with some careful masking up first, just cover the area you plan to paint. Do you have a picture of the bumper?
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I am certain you meant to say to mask the areas you do not wish to paint.:D
 
Thanks for the info from all. The bumper gets here Monday and I'll make a stencil of the ford script and then cut out and double-back tape to the bumper. I just didn't know if I should spray it or hand paint and what type of paint will adhere to chrome. I've got some red Testor's in the barn and also there is a Hobby Lobby to buy the pen mentioned. I'll use some type of cleaner maybe Naptha to wipe it off before I do anything.

Tiger...the bumper gets here Monday, but you can look at it on Drakes Web Site.

Thx to all...Mike
 
I have developed an in-depth illustrated description on how to paint the recessed lettering on a bumper. Go to www.fzoldcars.com and click on "Technical Stuff" at right hand top of Home Page to see detailed information. Sorry the bumper is for a 1939 LaSalle, but the process is the same and it works.

Several of the pictures are attached, but the specifics are in the description. Check it out - I have used such a method for many years, starting with restoring antique slot machines.

Fritz
 

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Fritz that really looks nice ! I'll check out the link to see how you did it. I did buy a paint pen today and testing it on the old bumper. We'll see.

Thx.....Mike
 
FRITZ47 said:
I have developed an in-depth illustrated description on how to paint the recessed lettering on a bumper. Go to www.fzoldcars.com and click on "Technical Stuff" at right hand top of Home Page to see detailed information. Sorry the bumper is for a 1939 LaSalle, but the process is the same and it works.

Several of the pictures are attached, but the specifics are in the description. Check it out - I have used such a method for many years, starting with restoring antique slot machines.

Fritz
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Terrific!
 
On my last car (early 47) I just painted it freehand over the chrome. no adhesion problems at all and any thing that went outside the recess I just wiped off with a cloth with a bit of turps on. Looked a million bucks.

GB
 
Look into "Liquid Mask".. The RC car guys use it,, It's cheap and with just a touch of finesse works great for masking
 
I used a combo of info from here and used a paint pen. It really turned out great. Looks super.
 
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