25 Nevada plate
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25 Nevada plate
I have the background paint on my plate. What is the best way to paint depressed letters? They will be white. [/size]
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
I know the photo is a tricky one but the letters and numbers are depressed.
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
Have a local professional sign painter or pin striper fill in the numbers by hand.
My dad is a license plate collector. When he restores a plate, he does the background himself but has a very talented person who is both a professional sign painter and pin striper paint the embossed numbers and letters by hand. I realize an embossed plate is not the the same as your "depressed" plate but it should be no problem for a sign painter or pin striper.
My dad is a license plate collector. When he restores a plate, he does the background himself but has a very talented person who is both a professional sign painter and pin striper paint the embossed numbers and letters by hand. I realize an embossed plate is not the the same as your "depressed" plate but it should be no problem for a sign painter or pin striper.
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
Thanks Eric, sounds like a great idea! jw
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
I would spray paint the whole thing white, then apply red to the flat part with a foam roller. The red should be thick enough to stay in place and not run.
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
I wondered what the depressed lettering was (referred to as debossed) so I did some google searching. The first plate was redish brown, obviously a restoration attempt, was similar to several other "restorations". The purple/blue plates were from auction sites. The color was also confirmed from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_r ... _of_Nevada.
You best decide the color of your plate.
The pictures of the purple plates show the the edges/sides of the debossed lettering was painted up to the flat. You could paint the hole thing white and the fill in the debossed letters and border with clay and then role the final color
The following purple color is what I would use as Gospel to be authentic
https://www.worthpoint.com/inventory/se ... ategories=
The pictures of the purple plates show the the edges/sides of the debossed lettering was painted up to the flat. You could paint the hole thing white and the fill in the debossed letters and border with clay and then role the final color
The following purple color is what I would use as Gospel to be authentic
https://www.worthpoint.com/inventory/se ... ategories=
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
Steve, I was thinking along the same lines. Would it be a bit more precise to use a silk screen and squegee to swipe the colour coat over the plate?
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
So embossed and debossed ! Also looks like I need to adjust the color. Doing the white first and then rolling on the color or filling in with clay sounds doable. Thanks.
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
Steve, had another thought. Perhaps the silk screen could act as a barrier to the nap on the roller dumping paint into the depressed numbers, while still supplying the colour to the rest of the plate.
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Re: 25 Nevada plate
Wrong color
Dark purple with off white letters
State archives might be able locate who and what car this plate was on
Dark purple with off white letters
State archives might be able locate who and what car this plate was on