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Offline athawk11

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Data Plate Repair
« on: January 12, 2012, 09:32:26 PM »
Just refurbished and installed my old data plate. �I think it turned out pretty nice.
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I scrubed it then lightly sanded the crud and rust off with 600 wet sand paper. I taped off the edges and the serial number box.
I spray painted the rest in black and let it dry completely.

I then use 1500 wet sand paper and a small block, working in small sections and slowly and gently sanded the black paint off the raised lettering. �It took about an hour worth of sanding. �

Tim

« Last Edit: January 13, 2012, 11:24:27 AM by athawk11 »
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Re: Data Plate Repair
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2012, 10:08:00 PM »
I'm going to try the same thing - you did a nice job!
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Re: Data Plate Repair
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2012, 07:57:15 AM »
Nice job. I did the same to mine using a black Sharpie marker. It dries faster than paint for touch ups and looks great now. It allowed for a perfect serial number photo I needed for vehicle registration transfer.
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Re: Data Plate Repair
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2012, 03:10:47 PM »
That does look sharp! I need to do that...and a hundred other things.
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Re: Data Plate Repair
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2012, 12:18:43 PM »
Hey,
I forgot to mention the last step.

I took a small dab of car polish and gave it the once over.  Shiny!

Tim
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Re: Data Plate Repair
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2012, 09:22:38 PM »
Real nice job!
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Re: Data Plate Repair
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2012, 08:28:53 PM »
Looks great! I'll do this to mine as soon as I get around to it, haha.
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