detailing P-15 hood chrome

[plym_46]

brushed mine

[RC Drown]

That is some great work, thanks for sharing and the advice

[PlymouthSpDelux]

Beautiful work!  This is the kind of advice you only get from experience, and I appreciate you sharing yours.

[bigaadams]

red was across the entire lineup as I understand...I acutally use a q-tip ightly dampened with solvent to remove the overspray..it goes quite fast..just ensure there is not enough solvent in the cotton to capilate to the small recessed areas wehre you wish to keep the paint..you will use a few q-tip but the details you will get are well worth it.

in other smaller emblems or lettered items like hubcaps etc..I just use an artist brush..this however does not incorporate brush strokes but rather just dip the tip in the very thin spray paint (spray some in the can's cap) and just let it capilate onto the surface...with extremely small areas like lines, I use the sharpened end of a wood 1q-tip to dip and transfer the paint...again..any small detail can be cleaned up with a solvent dipped q-tip..once the paint is satisfactory to you you can bake them in the oven..I just put mine on preheat..very very low and let it set the paint so to speak.

An excellent drying oven for these small parts can be made from an old refrigerator and a 100 watt light bulb..

anyway, if you take your time you will get excellent results, no sign of any brush strokes or other tell-tell signs of repaint...

for plastic emblems such as below..just paint as needed and when this is all dry I use multiple very light coats of a gray enamal to give it a protective coating from behind similar to what they did when new...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/bigaadams/2003_0115Image0001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/bigaadams/2003_0115Image0007.jpg

letter are as I said just drop a lot of paint in fast and let it run and seek own level..when it dries..which is quite fast by the way..the results are no signs of any strokes or such..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/bigaadams/2003_0118Image0001.jpg

other things you can do along the way, maybe not what one would call factory but more on a personalized order is using pin striping tape from 3M..note the stripe on the original tail light lenes..makes for a slight richer look..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/bigaadams/2003_0113Image0001.jpg

For those who are not going for that 100% look but wish to paint the trim in a contrasting color this is unique way to achieve the desired results, I have seen these cars done in body contrasting colors other than red and they are sharp...

[chetbrz]

they are quite easy to do and with excellent results..this one is done with spray paint..I used Mopar engine red

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/bigaadams/2003_0116Image0002.jpg

Very Nice.   Was that the color for all cars or were they painted the same as the body color ?

Chet...

[PlymouthSpDelux]

Thank both of you for your replies.  So once it's sprayed, you just use a rag (keeping it flat as possible) with some solvent to rub off what you don't want?  It looks great.

[bigaadams]

they are quite easy to do and with excellent results..this one is done with spray paint..I used Mopar engine red

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/bigaadams/2003_0116Image0002.jpg

[plym_46]

Yes.

[PlymouthSpDelux]

I'm not sure what you call the part, but if you look at my avatar (the little picture), was the background of the ship originally painted red?  It's the piece at the front of the hood, between the hood ornament and the piece that spells "Plymouth".  I've seen them painted, but I'd like to know if anyone is 100% sure that's how them came out of the factory.  Thanks.