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Offline jwc66k

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Filling Letters -
« on: May 08, 2012, 08:30:58 PM »
On many instrument bezels and other items (65-66 Fastback vent controls), there is lettering and it is filled in with "paint". What is the substance and how can it best be replicated?
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Re: Filling Letters -
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 08:39:18 PM »
Use a paint brush with the color you want, wipe excess with a lacquer rag.
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Re: Filling Letters -
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 10:25:44 PM »
+1 from me on this technique....

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Re: Filling Letters -
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 01:22:13 PM »
Quote from: caspian65 on May 08, 2012, 08:39:18 PM
Use a paint brush with the color you want, wipe excess with a lacquer rag.
What is a "lacquer rag", and how (and when) do you use it?
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Re: Filling Letters -
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 01:58:33 PM »
A "LACQUER RAG" is a .... "piece of t-shirt material that has been very slightly dampened with lacquer thinner."
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Re: Filling Letters -
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 05:34:50 PM »
How and when do you use it? One lite pass and after the paint is dry?
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