paint comparison

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » March 26, 2009, 12:01 pm

painting gauge needles.
had some art paint but it hardened in the bottle so i went looking for something else

fuel gauge is original, arrow is painted with home decor flourescent orange-red spray.

looks pretty darn close what do you think?

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » March 26, 2009, 12:05 pm

Great match, Ice. What's the brand/ color code?

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » March 26, 2009, 12:10 pm

home decor brand flourescent orange-red spray.

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » March 26, 2009, 12:20 pm

Sorry, Ice. I thought "home decor" was some generic term. I should have known better.

Lowell · Post by **Lowell** » March 26, 2009, 12:23 pm

Nice Match! Thats some pretty tedious work . Im like a bull in a china shop when it comes to working on guages and stuff like that.

Post by **Casey 65** » March 26, 2009, 12:44 pm

Brian, that looks great.
Just one more tip from "Iceman's Slick Improvements Company"...

Freddy66fe · Post by **Freddy66fe** » March 26, 2009, 12:55 pm

I did mime with Testor model paint all colors available, from local model shop.Comes in small quanity with brush. Silp a paper under needle and paint.

Freddy

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » March 26, 2009, 1:45 pm

i would have done something along tha line too

but i had to use whats available in the small town hardware.

thing i would worry about and i did with the art paint before was too much added weight to the needle.really tried to watch the thickness.they worked and are in my 4x4.
speedo needle is not so critical as its a shaped piece but the gauge needles are very thin and super easy to bend. i slide a paper behind the needle too.
traced the outer shell of the gauge on a 3x3 " post-it note and made the little cutout on the bottom where the needle goes behind the face.

Post by **Greg D** » March 26, 2009, 2:08 pm

That looks real good Brian!
It's amazing what we can come up with in no automotive related products to recondition our vehicles.
I used a Fabric Dye marking pen to freshen up the faded red piping on these rear seats. It had faded to pink when I bought the car. That was 2 years ago and it still looks good today.