Knocked out the Badges today. I had Plastic-Dipped the F-150 emblems, so I wanted to re-do them with actual paint. Man, what a pain to sand down really well! They came out OK, but I wish I hadn't sanded down the inset what I did them originally. I'll likely buy a new set of Limited badges like Patman's when I can put some money aside for them.

Before and after Plasti-Dip removal

Chrome pieces after matt Black paint


Insets painted blue

Rear badge after assembly

Installed

 

Those turned out nice.

 

Nice job! I love the way you made the blue gloss and the outside matte, nice touch.

How hard is to it take apart the front oval emblem? Do you think if I primed it, adhesion promoter, couple coats of base and clear would effect how it all snaps back together? Did you clear the blue sections, any probs?

 

Thanks Guys!

The emblems come apart pretty easily. They are held together by melting plastic pins. The plastic is pretty brittle, so you just need to drill out the melted pins level with the chrome backing (all from the backside). They just come apart after that. There is an insert for the center of the "o" and the loop in the "F", you need to make sure you are careful when drilling to not damage the small insert in the "F" loop. I broke off a piece for the rear emblem and had to Krazy glue it back together.

Once all the pieces were painted and cured (I baked them for 15 minutes, then let sit overnight), I used plastic 15 minute epoxy on the pins to re-assemble.

For both the black and blue:
- Sanded down with 400 Grit
- 2 light coats Adhesion Promoter
- 2 light coats Primer
- 3 coats paint
- 3 coats clear (matte clear on the black pieces.

There was plenty of clearance when I put them back together.

 

Thanks man, I'm going to give this a try.. I bought a new Harley grille and put an oem blue emblem on it and it's just not cutting it for me.. When you baked them, was that after you cleared and (dried) cured? What temp, 180 degrees?

 

I brought the oven up to roughly 130 degrees (as low as my oven will go). Put the parts in and then shut off the oven.

I baked after paint for 15 minutes and then cleared the following day and baked again for 15 minutes.

 

I dig the final product, I've thought about doing my ovals too, but afraid it might be "too much red"


Here's mine for those of you who are interested







https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...2-emblems.html

 

Thanks Patman, I really wanted to ditch all the chrome. I now only have the lug nuts left and I'll swap them when I put my Raptor wheels and winters on shortly. I already have the Black lugs in my tool box.

I will likely be swapping out the grill for a Raptoid one anyway, so hopefully, that will balance out all the black and blue a little bit. I can't stand the "C clamp" grill and would have changed it out by now if the Raptoid grills weren't on back order.

I really like your limited badges with the red surround, don't see many going with that arrangement.

 

That's because most people don't want to throw down the money to buy them

 

Damn that looks good. I have been thinking of the same deal, good to know the emblems will call piece apart.

 

Thank you! Time to update your signature, lol!

 

true! I need to get photoshop on my good newer PC. I miss that program!

 

Gimp works just as good

https://www.gimp.org/

 

Finally had time to paint mine, thought id share.. I two-toned them to match the color scheme of my truck.. The chrome one is for my front Harley Davidson grille and the black one will go on the tailgate.. Thanks for answering my questions and your help, I appreciate it..

 

Those turned out awesome!!!