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Old 03-25-2007, 06:17 PM
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Following up on my valvcovers and freshened up SC and EGR covers here:

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=73701

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Impressive!
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******* amazing
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HOLY CRAP THAT'* AMAZING!!! You and your access to lasers
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damn you Bill... every time i turn you have something else to make me jelious
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Originally Posted by Peterg22000
damn you Bill... every time i turn you have something else to make me jelious
I aim to please.

This is really just time-killing in between porting and polishing all the top end pieces. If something is drying or soaking, I kill time by doing the detail work.
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DAMN! that is awesome
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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<speechless!
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highly impressed.. i dont understand the black paint process though
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Paint the part color first.

Laser engrave through that paint and into the plastic (like my 'tuner box' last year).

Mask off the main part, leaving the text area exposed.

Paint the text color into the depressed text to nearly fill it.

Peel off, and wet-sand down.


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