Not to be defeated on the details I restored my power mirror switch lettering

- pretty damn close , was 90% rubbed off before !

 

 

Do tell. How? Nice. Looks new.

 

I used white rub on transfer letters like they use in Architecture Drafting before the days of everything being done on computers. Helvetica Medium 10pt is closest I could find. For the triangles I taped off the area with scotch tape, filled in the area with a white felt tip paint pen from craft store and removed the tape before it dried. They are not perfectly uniform but best I could do since a few of them were completely rubbed away. Unless you really examine it you'd never give it a second thought so mission accomplished. I did it on the car in place- tedious but effective.

 

It really works, because mostly-worn-off letters are more noticeable than very slightly uneven replacements. No one will give it a second thought when looking in. It simply looks 'new'.

 

Nice job!

 

nice!

 

IMO there are a couple ways to restore.

One is perfect reproduction of factory showroom fresh.

The other is the illusion of new (sometimes actually using some new parts) while maintaining the patina of a car with history.

For example, I had my LS Conteur interior repaired/restored this winter, but left a cigarette burn in the back seat Camaro Camaro fabric. It could have been 'hidden' with a simple underlying patch or even fully replaced with NOS fabric, but I felt it represented a period correct 1980s Z28.

 

 

Say what?? Why not repair the cigarette burn if you had the means to do so? The only way I would leave it is if it were some huge sentimental cigarette burn. Like if I were delivering my wifes baby right in the back seat and just had to have a smoke afterwards kinda burn. I mean, seriously, just because your best bud, or even your best man from your 1980's wedding ralphed all in the back floorboard on the way home from a Stix concert doesnt mean you should leave it because it is period correct? lol

 

Good Job Tony P !

 

Period correct. I agree. Should have instead said patina. It just happens to be an '80s Z28.

 

Came out pretty nice.

 

Nice work.I've been wanting to do this, but can't find transfer lettering anywhere.