Re: Repainting YOM lisence plates

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/6/10 12:03:13

I don't really know how the professionals do them, but I've seen some that are quite outstanding. After metal prep, I've always painted the background color first, let it cure, and then used a small and very hard roller to apply the second color to the raised portions. A certain amount of touchup at some edges was always needed. I've had others whose work seemed very good tell me they paint the raised color first over the entire plate, then after its dry lightly roll thin grease or oil on the raised surface, spray the background color, and then remove the overspray on the raised characters. Either way I guess can yield good results but requires a certain amount of experimentation and patience. If I ever needed one done again, I'd probably go to a pro.