Masking or Custom Work

[jksmith]

I have seen many people do custom lettering/pics in there coatings... what is the easiest way to do this?

i have been PC many valve covers, everyone wants the letters polished, what is the best process for this??

[GCPJohn]

I've had some problems with this. For polished letters, I usually polished the letters, tape off and trim the letters and shoot. But, sometimes the powder runs under the tape when baking. When this happens, I just take a razor blade and clean up the edges.

That's how I did this one...


But, I've heard of people just wiping off the powder thats on the letters, before baking. I can't do that, because I have to heat up the part to get the powder to stick in the tight spots. That's why I do it my way.



For this one I shot the black first and followed the same steps as above. The powder didn't run under the tape, if it did...it would have ruined the job. That's why my way isn't preferred, but it works for me.

I would also appreciate some "pro" help on this.

John

[jksmith]

looks good so tapeing off the letters is the easiest best way to do this... another newb question... say i put a candy color on the letters then tape them off, can i spray the rest of the VC another color........

what about doing something like this...

[GCPJohn]

Man, I wish I knew...haha I think I remember a guy on this forum doing a badass intake manifold for an old datsun Z...It was black with red and glow in the dark too!

Looked so good. Does anyone have any Pictures of this?

[welterracer]

I tape off the bigger stuff and simply sand off the PC with 220 with a flat palm sanding block and come back and hand polish the letters later..

[jksmith]

bump for more help

[Harleydad]

Here's some more info:
Eastwood Shop Talk - How To: Valve Cover With Diff Color Lettering
Eastwood Shop Talk - How to: recessed lettering in a different color