[TR] Repairing Cloisonne badge

[Bob]

On Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:21:57 am Mark Hooper wrote:
> My TR6's grill badge needs repair. A fair bit of the enamel has come away,
> although the rest of the badge (chrome etc) is in very good shape. Has
> anybody had good luck filling in with some readily available substance?
> Epoxy etc? POR+topcoat?
> 
> Somehow I suspect that I should avoid scraping out the entire badge and
> then getting black glass powder and firing in a kiln...
> 
> MarkHooper
> 
> 1972 TR6
> 
Mark,

I got a badge on Ebay that had a small part of the glass missing. I masked 
around the area and then filled it with JB Weld. Smoothed it out with a razor 
and when it hardened I sanded it smooth and even with the chrome. I then 
painted it with some black paint and it came out pretty close to the original.

The repair area was about the size of a thumbnail. Doing the whole badge would 
be a challenge.

Bob