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Re: Commission Plates

To: "Bill Kelly" <kelly@dss.com>, <Brad.Kahler@141.com>, <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Commission Plates
From: "Bob Kramer" <rgk@flash.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:36:29 -0600
I haven't tried this yet, but hobby shops sell a paint on masking
liquid.  Sounds like you could paint it on and meticulously outline the
letters to remove excess material. 

Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net

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> From: Bill Kelly <kelly@dss.com>
> To: Brad.Kahler@141.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Commision Plates
> Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 9:59 AM
> 
> Brad -
> 
> Thanks for the reply on the seats. Glad you enjoyed reading...
> 
> I don't see how you're going to sand out those letters. They're
pretty
> small. A friend of mine restored the comm plate for my early Herald.
He
> meticulously outlined every letter with an exacto knife, then he
removed
> the paint, sanded lightly, and repainted the black by hand, up to the
> lines left by the exacto knife.
> 
> Wish somebody would reproduce and sell those factory stencils!
> 
> Bill Kelly
> '62 Herald
> '68 TR250

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