Date:         Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:31:49 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Volkswagen badge for 93 not avail?
Comments: To: Jeff Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Jeff Oxroad wrote:

> I would need a new one as I'm looking to replace the used one already in
> place on the bus that is kind of faded.

Is this the black logo with silver letters?

I went to a craft store and bought a silver paint marker.  With a little
care you can do a pretty good job picking out the letters with the paint
-- since they're raised you don't need much artistic skill.  It doesn't
look perfect but from a few feet away it looks decent.  The paint will
eventually weather off but then you just do it again.  Takes maybe ten
minutes.

Start the marker on a sheet of paper, first, they tend to drool a bit
of weakly silverish stuff before the good heavy silver paint gets started.

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