The other day I was at Pick and Pull and I came across an old BMW Bavaria. I noticed that the hood and trunk roundels were made of aluminum rather than the chrome plated plastic that the cheap ones on my car are so I grabed them. The black, blue, and white were all almost gone, but I thought that it would be fun to try and restore these. At this point I have cleaned off the remaining color and after a good cleaning the roundel will be ready for color. Does anyone know what product I should use to fill in the colors?
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You won't believe me. But....
Nail polish.
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i actually think nail-polish might look good. if not you can remove it easily-FREEDOM- is cruisin at 80, windows down and listening to the perfect song-thinking "this is it"
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Originally posted by JinormusJComment
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i have some of the raised roundels that i will put on my 02 once i redo them. you cant really get them any more and they are niceComment
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Really? I seriously doubt that nail polish would do well in the rain and sun. I was thinking some kind of laquer or enamel.sigpicComment
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You want to find something that is UV resistant. Otherwise it will turn yellow
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^ That is what I was thinking.sigpicComment
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Nail polish is an enamel... But some are acrylic and others are laquers. Most have a resin to hold it to whatever it's going on to too. It's tough stuff.Originally posted by YosemiteSam View Post
As for UV? Dunno about that. I've used it for touching up paint and it's still matching 10 years later.
FWIW.Comment
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strip it and put vinyl inserts in it...
i see nail polish showing a lot of brush strokes and looking like shit.Comment
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Well if you get your woman to do it should be sweet. Idk if you have looked at a girls nails but the don't have brush marks.Originally posted by tyleRcoey View PostsigpicComment
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Unfortunately, my E30 is the closest thing I have to a woman. It takes all my money and time and just wants more.Originally posted by Massimo View PostsigpicComment
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I've used nail polish for touching up paint and it look good for about a month until it oxidized to shit. Guess it was cheap nail polish (don't remember).The first car I ever rode in was an e30
Originally posted by Cabriolet
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Truth, I put a vinyl sticker over my old roundels and they held up for years. Plus the motorsport ones off the M1 are titsOriginally posted by tyleRcoey View Post
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The M1 didn't have those, I think they only came on the crazy CSLs. Maybe the 2002 turbo as well?Comment
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