Well after thinking about it for awhile, I decided to touch up my 1940s dealer sign. Have any of yall done this before? what paint works the best?

 

I used some old engine paint I had, had to do a little paint mixing to get colors close. I did the blue and red yesterday, I will attempt the center today.

 

Looks great

 

Jealous

Nice job

 

Really nice!
Would love to get one like this!!

 

Thanks guys, now its time to do the hard part. It been shot with buckshot. I'm not going to straiten any metal, but there is a lot of detail in the center. I wounder what these symbols stand for.

 

You might try One Shot lettering enamel it can be found in most automotive paint stores and is used in pin striping and sign lettering. Its good stuff...Tedd

 

See the Car Collector Chronicles article on Page 4 for the answer.

 

The sign people, some of whom with which I associate, would comment that the value of the sign has been ruined by painting it. However, I agree with Jim for painting it, because there is a break-over point in condition where, better than that, you leave it alone and tolerate the dings for originality, and worse than that, you write it off and paint it. I think Jim's sign was in bad enough shape to need painting.

Granted, I believe the sign is baked on porcelain, not paint, so building up the paint to the proper thickness will probably help as well. I think his efforts look very good, especially from the distance from which the sign will be viewed.

That crest is cool, but I like the simplicity of the Rocket. The 90s "O Swoosh" they can keep.

 

Interesting about the crest. Before I got the Olds, I found a 50s wheel cover in the trunk of a Junked Plymouth Cranbrook. Hung it in the garage and was going to ask here about the crest.

 

Its not finished, but its starting to look a little better, I'd say. Thanks for the link, that is pretty cool. I'm thinking about painting a Genie coming out of the lamp,LOL.

 

Great job!!

 

Looks nice, at this point the porcelain has degraded to the point of "it's your sign, do as you'd like"... I'd bury it in urethane clear, wet sand it and coat it again to smooth it out and make the colors pop hard. I need one of these to compliment my fifties era sign..