The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] Painting the logos
Wow, a "shop that specialized in selling pin stripping paint"? Should be easy enough to find one of those in Santa Fe. ;) Seriously, though, 1950's Corvette Red is a terrific tip, one that I'm going to follow up on. Cristi stripping paint > I have a 1958 Silver Streak Clipper with complete aluminum logos front > and rear. They had small chip fragments of original paint in the > corners of some letters. The "Silver Streak" was turquoise and the > "Clipper" was bright red. > I had a gentlemen that has been doing antique car restorations for > over 60 > year look at the colors and he said they looks very much like the > late 1950s Ford Turquoise and the late 1950s Corvette Red. I bought a > very small can of each at a shop that specialized in selling pin > stripping paint (total cost of less than $15.00) and the paint > matched perfectly to the original chips. The paint has now been thru > three years of weather and many trips and look fine. > > Hope that this may be of help, regards. jim > > > In a message dated 6/29/2008 11:20:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > chaya7@ix.netcom.com writes: > > Was it you, Tom, who painted some logos using "model shop paint" and > felt that it stood up really well to weather and wind? > > We have huge issues with weather down here with the temperature > extremes, dryness, blowing sand, and most especially strong UV > radiation. So since this will be so important to us, I've been > researching it online a little. > > I've learned that of the various model acrylics, Floquil acrylics are > the only ones that 1) offer colors close to what we need, and 2) > specifically state that they work well on metal. I was delighted to > find that Reefer White, a paint in the Floquil Polly Scale Railroad > Colors line, was a PERFECT match for the background of the logo. (I > happen to have the paint here and looked at the color after I had > painted it on a white card). > > The red isn't so easy. Basically, I'm trying to find reds that have > no black or white and very little yellow in them. I have DTI Cherry > Red, but it seems to have a little too much black in it. Odd, > because the actual DTI red (prior to solar fading) seems perfect. > Maybe Seaboard Air Line Chinese Red would work okay. Under the > "Model and Hobby" line, Polly Scale offers Red, which seems nice. > > > Under the Badgers acrylic railroad colors line (now owned by Testors) > I found CB &Q Chinese Red that might be a match. And the Model > Masters acrylic line (now owned by Testors) has some VERY nice reds. > Rot RLM 23 and Stop Light Red both look great. Chevy Engine Red and > Insignia Red are other possibles. > > I haven't seen a lot of suitable enamel colors yet, but I noticed > that Testors under their Testors enamel line offers a few reds that > could work: Red, Cherry Red, Bright Red, and Candy Red. (As long as > the acrylic Reefer White is really dry, it is fine to use enamels > next to it). > > > I guess our main problem right now is that we really can't figure out > exactly what kind of red the logos were originally painted. I've > been looking at all the photos I can find, and it seems to me that > the red of the logo was painted to match the red of the taillights > and rear markers--which makes the Model Masters "Stop Light Red" the > perfect choice. It looks great to me, anyway. I just don't know if > Model Masters acrylics will work on metal. > > After the logo is painted, I think I'll see what kinds of clear > finishes I can find in the automotive parts store; from what I can see > here in New Mexico, automotive finishes are the only ones that can > actually hold up to UV. > > Who here has painted their logos? What kinds of paint did you use? > What colors? And Tom, what brand of paint did you use, and what > color? Does anyone have any other ideas? > > Cristi >
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