W Humble Posted April 6, 2022 Posted April 6, 2022 First, I apologize for not having any photos! I needed to print a product logo sponsor on a race-car once, and used this trick. The car was for my bro's birthday, an old '64 Pontiac coupe he'd given up on as a kid, and as an adult he'd become the proprietor of five Orange Julious franchise stores in CA. I had the correct corporate colors and other decals for the drag car, but 'OJ" couldn't be sourced, so I carefully trimmed the 'Orange Julius' raised script from the plastic lid from a drink cup. Then I glued it to a block of rubber (an old 3M glazing-putty squeegee) with weather-strip cement; others might do. Then I took the correct orange -- an acrylic enamel from PPG that I had for another store project -- and rolled it unthinned onto a piece of glass with a rubber printmakers roller, or brayer tool. Using that like a stamp pad, I carefully dipped the lid 'stamper' into the thick paint, then transferred it to the rear fenders of the 1/25 car as you might expect, 're-inking' for each from a clear are of the orange paint. It came out strong and very well defined, to my joy, and had just enough of a raised surface to look convincing. It helped that I also had an ancient Hubley race car decal that said "Stock Car Races, Dec. 10" which was his birthday! The roller on glass thing can be used for a number of other things; give it a try!
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