JEEP sticker

[blue75]

Guys,
Can you buy a sticker to go over the JEEP stamped on the side of the CJ's? I am getting mine painted and I wanted the JEEP to be black. I noticed when I was stripping the paint off that there was a sticker on there. Any help would be great.
Thanks

[BlueFlu]

There were some made last year. Cant recall Scott Kleca's screen name though, :oops:
he was who made them or had them made.
Some of the gang have hand painted theirs.

[BlueFlu]

OK his screen name is 60cj5.
There is a thread in cj5 tech section.
Do a search for JEEP stickers and find the one with my name as the thread starter.

[panzer]

I made some for me and Sparky. Sparky didn't use them because he didn't
have the embossed letters to put them on. I believe Wingtime also had
some. But I haven't seen any from him. I'll see if I can find my picture of the
ones I did.

[timgr]

The sticker is not stock - the letters originally were painted. The factory used a roller, and you can do the same with a little practice. The body man at the dealership where I worked did this all the time, freehand.

[sparky]

Yeah, I had mine on the Jeep, looked unnatural, spacing was off, etc. with no raised "JEEP" to go by.

[Boyink]

I did mine freehand, and they look good from this distance:

http://www.boyink.com/Jeep/Images/IMG_6434.jpg

With the white just being a rattle can job I didn't have much to lose...;)

[60CJ5]

I am still around - and can have them made but a small run of 2 to 6 decals runs about $20 a set (cost)

[Rondog]

Anybody have any details about the roller thing? Like what kind of roller, what kind of paint, etc.?

Has anybody tried masking the letters off and airbrushing them?

[timgr]

IIRC the body man used a short nap roller 3-4" wide. This leaves a bit of a ragged edge if you get closer than a foot or two - I can see the roller marks on my truck's original tailgate letters. I've never done this, but if I did I'd certainly give new paint a couple of months to harden before I tried it.

They have small sponge rollers at Home Depot that might work well. Maybe try it with water based paint first?

[Johnnie Mayeux]

I painted mine w/white enamel paint using a 2" sponge brush and rubbed it on the tops of the letters it looks ok. for a 75cent disposable brush from wal-mart.

[blue75]

I might try the roller method when i get it back from paint. Thanks

[Howard Eisenhauer]

AFAIK professional graphic artsy fartsy types use rubber silk screening rollers for things like this, you really just need a thin film on the roller to transfer to the raised letters & there won'y be any fuzzies. You can probably use a piece of smooth wall heater hose slipped over some pipe or rod to achieve the same effect.

H.

[Rondog]

The rubber roller makes sense, but it's the paint part that worries me. Getting the right paint, to the right consistency, only get one one shot, etc. I'm anal enough that I'll probably just mask everything and airbrush it. Definitely gonna paint them though, tailgate letters too. I want that "WILLYS" to stand out like a diamond in a goat's patoot.

[Boyink]

I used Rustoleum black from the can...:roll: :)

[cam saure]

The rubber roller makes sense, but it's the paint part that worries me. Getting the right paint, to the right consistency, only get one one shot, etc. I'm anal enough that I'll probably just mask everything and airbrush it. Definitely gonna paint them though, tailgate letters too. I want that "WILLYS" to stand out like a diamond in a goat's patoot.
Your answer is right in your post "One Shot". Go to an art store and find "One Shot" sign painters paint. This is what the pinstripers use as well as sign painters. It covers well in one pass, doesn't have as much tendencies to run and is reasonably durable. This works much better also if you try to freehand it. But the rubber roller should work best, that is what many license plate restorers use. You will also need their thinner(but I think that it is just naptha).

[Rondog]

Hmmm, I've heard of that stuff but didn't think about it. Thanks Cam!

[wbw2]

we did a friend's jeep with a rubber roller and standard ink pad refill ink. it turned out beautiful and has held up well, we clearcoated the letters once the ink was dry.

[kmac]

I used a testors paint pen on mine. Worked alright and was easy to use. I have also seen stickers in several different catalogs. I did a google search and found one place that sells them for $10.

http://www.xenonmods.com/newjeepdecals.htm

[panzer]

I used a testors paint pen on mine. Worked alright and was easy to use. I have also seen stickers in several different catalogs. I did a google search and found one place that sells them for $10.

http://www.xenonmods.com/newjeepdecals.htm
Those decals are for "Jeep" not "JEEP".

[kmac]

:oops: My bad. Just trying to help.

[panzer]

No problem.

[CJjunk]

You may use somethng to keep the roller rolling even over the surface. Maybe tape a couple painter's stirring paddles or what ever would raise the roller up a little to where it's gonna just roll across the tops of the embossed letters. A short nap wienie roller would be wide enough at 6" to work and you could ask for a "velour" roller skin for a smooth low nap roller cover.

[wingtime]

One Shot is what professional sign painters use. It is a very good quality paint idealy suited for painting the "jeep".

As mentioned early in this post I do have the ability to make the "JEEP" stickers. I made the one in my avitar. However I have been SLAMMED at work and I simply havn't had the time to get my sign plotter hooked up to my new computer yet. :(