Re: Painting bakelite

Dave

I repainted my choke and starter cable on my 63 sprite, I then used
white-out, (the stuff you use for typing errors) on the letters. You do a
little bit of the letter at a time, wiping off any excess. Mine still look
like new after several years.

Greg Higgins
----- Original Message ----- 
From "gerard" <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: "Dave Carpenter" <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>
Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Painting bakelite


> Dave,
>
> I have refurbished and painted steering wheels with high gloss black
> Dupli-Color engine enamel. Great results and durable. I don't see why
> it wouldn't be good on knobs too if you can repaint the letters.
> There used to be some special "stick" paint I used to use for that,
> but it was too long ago to remember what it was called or where I got
> it.
>
> You do need to sand/scuff the bakelite well and I also use a
> degreaser before applying paint.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 11:36 PM -0400 6/2/03, Dave Carpenter wrote:
> >Is it possible to paint old bakelite and have it stick or not attack the
> >bakelite? I have JB Welded some broken pieces of the heater blower
> >housing and sanded it smooth. I would like to spray it black semi gloss.
> >Would Krylon be too aggressive? I could use plastic enamels for models
> >from the hobby shop. I was going to test on the inside first, but
> >thought I'd poll the collective wisdom (?) of the list.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Dave & Bobbie

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