Polished lettering or not

Post by **rob quilter** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:47 am

Polishing the letters after dipping is a royal pain in the arse, and there's too much risk of sanding the dip. It can't be touched up if you make a mistake, it would have to be completely stripped again, painted, and dipped again.

Post by **rob quilter** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:53 am

It will obviously have a few coats of lacquer on, so you would have to sand thru that and then the dip. It can be done, but means being EPICALLY carefully, and like I said...it you damage the dip it can't be touched up.

Post by **Lude-dude** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:56 am

could he not mask around the letters?

bugs me when people dont polish the letters, I like polished letters

but then with the hydro dip its complex pattern so think you wll get away with it

Post by **Pushki** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:02 pm

Polished letters every time.

Mask around the letters and use a Dremel polishing head.
With the cover being off the car, it'll be easy.

Post by **rob quilter** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:14 pm

The DOHC letters are tiny to mask up tho

Post by **Pushki** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:20 pm

You only have to mask around the outside of them. No need to mask inbetween the letters.

JDM-BB4 · Post by **JDM-BB4** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:26 pm

Or shave the letters off the rocker cover and spark plug cover to give a completely smooth canvas for the dip.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:33 pm

JDM-BB4 wrote:Or shave the letters off the rocker cover and spark plug cover to give a completely smooth canvas for the dip.

That's another good option.

JDM-BB4 · Post by **JDM-BB4** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:05 pm

Shame you had already sent it as I have a shaved rocker cover here.

I dont thing the polished letters takes away from the films effect but it would be a stronger effect if it was over the letters or completely smooth.

Lude Generation

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