how to paint chevrolet lettering on old chevy pickup trucks?

[ERIK88]

does anyone have any hints on how to paint the chevrolet lettering on old chevy pickup trucks ?

[vypurr59]

I would use a piece of craft foam, and "stamp" the paint on the raised portion of lettering. Use of a liquid masking agent in this type of painting, may be prudent as well. I purchased a product called Mold Builder. It is a latex rubber product, that when dries, can be peeled like a skin, off the area.

[JunkPile]

FORD has so fewer letters

[ERIK88]

FORD has so fewer letters

haha yea....

[Tom Geiger]

On this one the letters were inset. I painted them with acrylic white and just wiped off any paint that went outside the lines. Of course I wanted mine worn, but it would work the same on a shiny truck.

[Fabrux]

An option I've been wanting to try is to paint the letter colour first, then paint the body colour, and sand off until the letter colour shows. Cover with clear and it should look pretty good!

[Armornv]

An option I've been wanting to try is to paint the letter colour first, then paint the body colour, and sand off until the letter colour shows. Cover with clear and it should look pretty good!

Sounds like a pretty nifty idea.

I wonder if they make the vinyl lettering that you can get at various places small enough? Probably wouldn't turn out to be the right font though...

[crazyjim]

There are dry transfer letters out there. Finding the correct size & style may be a chore.

Edited January 15, 2014 by crazyjim

[John Pol]

How I would do it is get some bare metal foil over the whole tailgate cut out each letter and spray it white