Nadalet Design How To

I posted this a while back on my Facebook and thought I would post it up here in case someone reading this is not on Facebook.

A friend of mine has a brand new Chevy Camaro, and she wanted the gold portion of the bowtie emblems painted to match the car. In this How To I am going to show you how to paint emblems.

First there are a few things you are going to need.

- Take the emblems off the car

Some emblems are held on with double sided tape, while others are bolted on. You will have to figure out how the emblems are mounted on your car and how to get them off.

- You need to find the paint code

My old Chevy truck had the paint code in the glove box. I think it was U334D.

On Chevy vehicles its often 4 digits after the letter U. If the vehicle is two tone from the factory there will be a U with 4 digits and a L with four digits. U is for upper and L is for lower so it is important to know which color you want to use when you purchase the paint. Some vehicles have the paint code displayed in the truck or engine compartment. Many Honda vehicles have the paint code in the driver door jam under or after the letters pnt.

- Clean safe working environment

A paint booth with filters and an exhaust system is ideal for painting anything with automotive paint. Spraying automotive paint in a garage with a water heater is dangerous because automotive paint is flammable. Many water heaters have an open flame and you could blow your house up. Garages are often very dirty and this is not a good place to paint because the dirt will drift in the air and is likely to land in the paint. Dirt in paint is not attractive unless you are going for a textured look.

- Paint guns

A collection of automotive paint guns and airbrushes can get pretty pricey. If you do automotive paint for a living it is necessary but if its just a hobby you can pick up an inexpensive paint gun that will do the job at a local hardware store.

Materials:

- Base coat (use the paint code found in the car)

- Clear coat

- Mixing cups

- Mixing sticks

- Paint strainers

- Respirator

- Tac rag

- Automotive grade paper towels

- Automotive degreaser

- Scotch Brite

- Masking Tape

- Chemical resistant gloves

- Shoot suit

These materials can be found at your local auto paint supply store. Some of them you can find at a local hardware store.