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Touching up Silver Trim

Charles Patterson relayed this message from John T. Elle about touching up silver trim to the AMC Pacer list.

From: Charles Patterson

I was just mentioning to another member of this list about touching up plastic lenses. And look what got posted.
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Subject: Paint Marker in Silver, for faded out trim.
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:06:08 -0700
From: John T. Elle

To whom it may concern,

Having the need to freshen up the silver high light trim on on plastic places like the grill of 68-70 AMX's and other years, the silver highlights on the side markers on the rear of my Spirit and the silver highlights on the Dash of my Spirit, all plastic pieces and I am sure there are other places.

After much searching I found a product made by Testors, the model car paint people, called the Testors, All - Purpose Paint Marker, in Metallic Chrome Silver Number 2546C. It looks like a Magic Marker with a cap and all, and a chisel tip for wide and narrow applications. They are available where the paints for model cars are displayed. Check craft stores and better hobby shops. Names of craft stores in my area, Michaels, and Ben Franklin's. The bigger hobby shop I went to had all colors but silver for some reason. They do come in different colors. Cost was about $3.00.

I was able to freshen up the appearance of my rear side markers and the bright trim highlites on the dash in about 1 1/2 hours. If you are some what spasdic, as I am, trying to control shakes and sloppys, keep plenty of Q tips around, a soft cloth and some paint thinner for clean up. That is what took about 1 1/2 hours. It is filled with enamel paint and worked real well so far.

Have a good AMC day
John T Elle
Phx Az
'70 Donohue 390 5 spd
'80 Spirit (SNARLEE)
'81 Spirit (looking for a new home)
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