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What is the best solution for painting the manufacturer on a lower? So if you have an Anderson lower... painting the horse logo and name white...etc

DS
 
Back in my gay sportbike days, I used a crayon in the stampings.
I smushed the crayon into the letters scraped off the excess with my thumbnail and let the sun do the rest.

I don't recommend this, but I bet YouTube has a tutorial or two.

What I liked about it is when I became ungay, I used a toothpick to scrape it out.
 
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kcult said:
Back in my gay sportbike days, I used a crayon in the stampings.
I smushed the crayon into the letters scraped off the excess with my thumbnail and let the sun do the rest.

I don't recommend this, but I bet YouTube had a tutorial or two.

What I liked about it is when I became ungay, I used a toothpick to scrape it out.
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:oops::eek::D
 
I did my PSA one with "white-out"...it did ok. Just was wondering if there was better. Maybe tiny paint brush and paint?

DS

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I use oil based "crayons" from the hobby shop. It's a little more durable than crayons, easier to remove than paint, and comes in a variety of colors.

Clean off the oils.
Fill in the design/lettering with color.
Wipe surface lightly with IPA or other mild cleaner.
Recoat with oil.
 
I used testors paint and a toothpick. Let it dry and used hoppies and a q-tip to clean up. It's held up fine, but I tend to keep the brake cleaner/pb blast away from it as much as possible.
 
Johnny said:
Do oil base crayons taste different than regular crayons?

Asking for a Marine friend..
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If you were any kind of "friend", you'd taste test for them...lol

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I used testers enamel paint and a very sharp tooth pick to color fill safe and fire markings. Dip the toothpick tip barely in the paint and you’ll have a dot that sticks to the point. Carefully set the dot of paint in the engraving and use the point to drag the paint where you want it.

It’s easy to do and easy to clean up if you miss the line; you can dip enamel remover on another toothpick the same way and wipe off with a qtip
 
Testors
Ive not done a lower, but Ive done other things, like markings on a watch, and I used a small brush, filled in the areas and then took a damp paper towel to wipe off the excess while it was still wet (the paint).
Afterwards there was a little extra on the flat surfaces, wiped that off and all was good.
 
Nail polish is also an option. I used it because I live in a house with three girls, so color choice is plentiful and it’s already here. All the other options listed here are good as well. The concept is all the same. Get pigment into the lines, wipe of excess.


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Skip to about the 9 minute mark to see how Spikes does it.
Maybe slightly NSFW due to language.
 
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Well if I ever decide to do a color fill I’ll grab some syringes and some testers!
 
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