Need Advice on Valve Cover

[AmericanSavage]

OK, back to regular programming:  Good news and bad news.  I think the general turnout of the cover turned out well fabulous.  Thank you for all the input and advice.

However, I think the paint I worked with and my application to highlight the Ford part stinks.  It ran a bit and the imprecision of the lines bothers me. So anyway, 1 thing good, and another not so much.  

[viven44]

Thank you. Appreciate it. Looks like you have a done a lot of work to your truck as well in the rust department, very nice!!

About that ford logo, once I painted the letters on a tailgate with white paint, it didn't turn out well. I then decided to buff it with a 600 grit sandpaper and that made it obtain a whitewash finish and also knocked out the rough paint edges. It worked out super good!!

[AmericanSavage]

viven44 wrote

Thank you. Appreciate it. Looks like you have a done a lot of work to your truck as well in the rust department, very nice!!

About that ford logo, once I painted the letters on a tailgate with white paint, it didn't turn out well. I then decided to buff it with a 600 grit sandpaper and that made it obtain a whitewash finish and also knocked out the rough paint edges. It worked out super good!!

Oh I am going to consider this....thank you, and thank you for the tip!

[AmericanSavage]

On painting cover letters.  I think the Ford emblem is too small for this, but, paiting the letters, then taping off and using Xacto knife, can produce things like this on large letters:  

[85lebaront2]

Beautiful job! 312 Y-block perchance?

[AmericanSavage]

85lebaront2 wrote

Beautiful job! 312 Y-block perchance?

That was not me but another talented guy:  here is the link!

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/painting-those-raised-letter-valve-covers.300930/