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Restoring Red Circle Dog Dishes...
#785410
08/27/10 09:14 AM
08/27/10 09:14 AM
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71383beep
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Any tips or trade secrets?
I just got a set back from a polisher and they look real nice. Now I just need to repaint the circle and the blackened areas. I have a couple of questions:
1. What color black did the factory use...it appears to be a flat or satin black
2. Same ? but for the red circle...
3. How did the factory do these? These reliefs are really in there and it looks like I will need to do these very carefully by hand. I am sure a mass produced product from a car factory had a slick process to do these on the quick. Just curious what, if any , process did thy use back then.
'73 GK6 Challenger Rallye - 340 4-Speed
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Re: Restoring Red Circle Dog Dishes...
[Re: 71383beep]
#785411
08/27/10 02:50 PM
08/27/10 02:50 PM
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David_Trimble
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About 5 years ago someone posted their restoration on their redlined dogdishes- they had come up with a template of the various patterns on the dogdish and had them cut out from outdoor adhesive-backed vinyl in the appropriate colors. Use soapy water to place the patterns where the painted areas would be. The results looked pretty good to me. Good enuf where I'm going to try it with my dogdishes....
'69 Dodge Charger R/T
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Re: Restoring Red Circle Dog Dishes...
[Re: David_Trimble]
#785412
08/27/10 03:38 PM
08/27/10 03:38 PM
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Eagle, Idaho
Neil
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I made the cad file after a few poor attempts at painting them. The hubcap in the photo has red paint instead of vinyl since I could not find any vinyl that matched the tomato soup red color they came with. They do make such a color I'm sure, but they guy who cut these for me didn't have any in stock back then so I went with a nissan flame red enamel. Masking the circle is easy if you use electrical tape since it's super flexible. 
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Re: Restoring Red Circle Dog Dishes...
[Re: Neil]
#785415
08/28/10 11:31 AM
08/28/10 11:31 AM
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Shopping @ HoBo Fright
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Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin
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Quote:
I made the cad file after a few poor attempts at painting them.
The hubcap in the photo has red paint instead of vinyl since I could not find any vinyl that matched the tomato soup red color they came with. They do make such a color I'm sure, but they guy who cut these for me didn't have any in stock back then so I went with a nissan flame red enamel.
Masking the circle is easy if you use electrical tape since it's super flexible.
You sent me a copy of this on a plastic yello thing? Floppy disk?
But the sign shop could not open it.
I still have it since it was proberly their computer.
My new computer 2006 does not have s lot for that type.
I eneded up getting 2 sets of aluiminum NOS non red a painted silver set{trucks middle 70's} and a brite dipped set.
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