[Healeys] 3000 Mk III cloisonne front badge

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Sun Sep 11 23:36:18 MDT 2016


avery nice, Len.  Thank you.  It makes me wish I had a Healey that
needed it right now.

-Roland
archiving this among my 12000 list emails.

On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:08:02 -0700, you wrote:

>
>
>I would like to offer an option for those of you who would like a cloisonne 
>badge but due to cost and/or availability are contemplating re-painting 
>their badges.  I have attached a photo of my badge but I could not get it to 
>show what I wanted you to see.  I could see it with my eyes but the camera 
>didn't.
>
>I found a product that was what I considered very close to the original 
>color but in addition had a clear appearance and a very small metal flake 
>content.  When freshly painted, I believe that you would have to look twice 
>and close up to see that it was not cloisonne.
>
>The product is nail polish.  Scherer brand.  #56, Blackberry.  Purchased at 
>a Rite Aid pharmacy.  I can not assure you that this product is still 
>available.  I purchased it several years ago and I do not have time to 
>Google it for you..
>
>I tape off everything except the lettering and the frames around the 
>lettering and spray paint the lettering, frames, and the background using a 
>craft type sprayer.  I then use a cloth with little or no nap with thinner 
>(acetone for nail polish?) applied, wraped around something that spans the 
>letters and frames, and remove the polish from the top surfaces.  The 
>lettering and the frames are the same height so you only touch the high 
>surfaces and do not touch the background.  Even using paint, I think the 
>process would be the same.
>
>As with any product exposed to the weather and road grit, it will dull 
>eventually.  Having done it once, the next time is easier.
>
>(The Other) Len
>Fairfield, CA, USA
>1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031 

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