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Tank and Side cover badge question

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Skyboy8950

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Hey guys,

Working on a new paint job. So I got around to thinking about badges. Looking at them, they are some sort of cast metal. Aluminum? Zinc? What material are they?

Any good tips on repainting them? Chrome is ok on them, but the black could be better. I'd love to mask the chrome and do the black again, but have no clue how to do that. I might just strip them down and paint them all black (my new paint scheme is black).

Thanks
 
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Paint stripper them and use a tooth brush to get the black out of the checkering. Then clean with some laquer thinner to get the acids off. Next, spray paint them right over the raised letters and let them sit for about half hr. Use a rag and Qtips dipped in laquer thinner to erase the paint off the raised lettering. Use the thinner spairingly as to not let it drip or run onto the recessed black areas.
 
MISSED THE CHROME thing..may just use a brush and laquer thinner in the recesed areas to remove the old black...then proceeded as before with the full on spray and wipe. Stripper MAY dull the chrominess of the letters.
 
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