Taping off Lettering?

[donafams]

i read the Eastood forum post of a guy that did valve cover lettering by covering the letters with green paitners tape and cutting out the letters.

I tried this and its hard.. Hard to see the edges of the letters and takes along time... anyone know a better way to do this?

have a few valve covers that i need seperate color on the letters

[Harleydad]

Pc the whole valve cover the color you want the letters to be and 1/2 to 3/4 cure. Pc the second color and using a damp finger or the cheap foam paint sponges remove the powder from the letters an full cure.
I'd post a pic for you ,but this site sucks arse to post pics on. Shoot me an e-mail at harleydad@new.rr.com and put "2 color valve cover" in the subject line. I'll reply and attach a pic.

[Blazin_Jason]

Coated white, gelled, coated blue, removed the blue with q-tips, cured. It took a long time to clean up the lettering. I don't think it was the best way to do it, but it worked.

[donafams]

Originally Posted by Blazin_Jason

Coated white, gelled, coated blue, removed the blue with q-tips, cured. It took a long time to clean up the lettering. I don't think it was the best way to do it, but it worked.

what is "gelled" ? and did you coat the whole piece white?

[Blazin_Jason]

Ya I coated the whole thing white. Basically I put it in the oven long enough for the powder to flow out. You don't want to leave it in there too long.

[donafams]

so you sprayed blue over all that uncured white?.. wasnt it kind of rough over the lettering? i would think if it fully cured the lettering would be smooth and easier to wipe the blue off ?? am i off base here?

[nuttyman]

yes, you're offbase! you don't have to fully cure the base, in this case the white. as said spray the white then let flow out for a few mins. pull the part & cool enough to handle without yelps escaping your maw. then spray the blue & using your favorite method remove the blue from the lettering & then fully cure.

[donafams]

what if you tape around the whole word... spray white, then clean up between the letters with a q-tip, fully cure.. then spray blue and clean off letters and bake?

[Harleydad]

Twice as much work and you may burn the white.

[donafams]

burn the white?

in that eastwood post he fully cured the letters before spraying the rest of the cover and it didnt burn then letters