I thought id share a bit of emblem resto work i was doing, naturally its part of many things going on so they are not completed yet.
We all know these OEM metal flake GT emblems are long gone now, but you can refurbish used scratched ones to bring new life back to them.
First off, you need to find some that have the original metal flake paint in really decent condition, then you need to straighten them out as flat as possible.
This step is important because you are going to sand on their faces, yup thats right sanding on them, first by using some #240 wet paper on a sheet of glass.
In the first pic this is how the scratched emblems usually look, and on this ebay sourced example, two small spots are missing on the metal flake paint but these little sections can easily be fixed.
Once you have the raised faces all flat and sanded level, the new satin 'finish' will show up as how it looks in the second pic.
From this part of the process you then move onto ever finer grades of wet sand paper until you are up to #2000 grade.
You'll then need to polish up the sanded areas so they shine as the original ones did which were actually anodized. A fine cotton cloth such as an old T shirt stretched onto a piece of glass and applying aluminum polish or similiar, should get the shine coming out in no time on the sanded sections.
Once its looking as intended, you then move on to removing the old black paint, but be careful not to get any of the paint remover onto the metal flake paint sections, so use a tooth pick and or a "q" tip in the small narrow areas around the GT letters.
A quick wash up and final checkover, then some clearcoat to protect the shine will be the last step before applying the new flat black paint background.
Obviously the flat black has to be sprayed only on the background sections, so mask up and cover off the raised areas not needing it.
At present i have no further pics of the process, but once i get time to do more of these emblems refurbishment ill post them.
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