Bowtie Emblems
This is from an old thread that I posted on when I did mine. . . . if you want to read the whole thread, here it is ~~ https://montecarloforum.com/forum/pa...bowties-21665/ ~~else just follow along. . . . .
Alright i'm actually right in the middle of doing this and thought i'd give some tips while the paint dries......
1) don't take the whole emblem off, just slide a blade or a thin sturdy piece of metal behind the clear plastic and not the whole chromed piece. reason being that there is 3M tape covering the back of the whole chrome piece whereas there is just a quarter inch strip holding the plastic on. Plus you don't have to go about centering it to put it back on this way
2) duct tape or packing tape is a VERY effective way of getting the foil off the back of the plastic.
3) I taped off the whole front of the plastic, scuffed up the back a little bit with sandpaper and put 2 or 3 layers of gloss black on the back only. Oddly enough the foil that was behind the plastic was silver and the plastic itself had a gold tint to it making it appear gold. So when I took the tape off you couldn't tell it was tinted gold however it wasn't really as shiny or glossy as i'd hoped. If you're not looking for super shiny i'd say you could stop here.
4) I was afraid that to achieve the shine i wanted, i'd have to paint the front of the plastic as well (which i didn't want to do because then i'd worry about it chipping since i only rattle canned it). Instead of painting it i tried applying a layer or two of clear coat to the already clear plastic and that shined her right up.
5) take about a 4 inch piece of "3M Super Strength Molding Tape" to the back of the emblem and stick her right back on the chromed piece.
done
Alright i'm actually right in the middle of doing this and thought i'd give some tips while the paint dries......
1) don't take the whole emblem off, just slide a blade or a thin sturdy piece of metal behind the clear plastic and not the whole chromed piece. reason being that there is 3M tape covering the back of the whole chrome piece whereas there is just a quarter inch strip holding the plastic on. Plus you don't have to go about centering it to put it back on this way
2) duct tape or packing tape is a VERY effective way of getting the foil off the back of the plastic.
3) I taped off the whole front of the plastic, scuffed up the back a little bit with sandpaper and put 2 or 3 layers of gloss black on the back only. Oddly enough the foil that was behind the plastic was silver and the plastic itself had a gold tint to it making it appear gold. So when I took the tape off you couldn't tell it was tinted gold however it wasn't really as shiny or glossy as i'd hoped. If you're not looking for super shiny i'd say you could stop here.
4) I was afraid that to achieve the shine i wanted, i'd have to paint the front of the plastic as well (which i didn't want to do because then i'd worry about it chipping since i only rattle canned it). Instead of painting it i tried applying a layer or two of clear coat to the already clear plastic and that shined her right up.
5) take about a 4 inch piece of "3M Super Strength Molding Tape" to the back of the emblem and stick her right back on the chromed piece.
done
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,231
From: St. Louis, Missouri
I didn't want to do anything too permanent so I put strips of black pinstriping tape over the gold raised part of the emblem to see how it would look against the white car. It looks pretty good but up close you can see I covered only the raised part - tomorrow I'm going to cut strips to fit around the whole emblem so all the gold will be covered. It's a lot faster and easier than painting - I might just leave it the way it is (covered with pinstripe strips).
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,544
From: Wyoming
If you need any more questions answered, I paint my bowties back in 2007 and did a write-up on my cardomain page which you can find at http://www.cardomain.com/ride/302321...oupe-2d/page-2.
