Painting "FORD" on DFV

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Wow! Thanks guys! So many great suggestions. I will give them a try and report back. 8)
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lham44 wrote:I use a silver colored pencil, very well sharpened and it works great!!
What brand of colored pencil?

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https://www.amazon.com/Prismacolor-Prem ... ver+pencil

Prismacolor. it has very dense pigment. Art store should carry.

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I'm not at home to verify but I'm pretty sure Joe hit the nail on the head with the Prismacolor.

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I tried the "stamp" method developed by Eagle50 and the results were mixed (most likely due to user error).

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So next step is to try the colored pencil method.

@CTurbert, wow! That looks super clean. I'm amazed!
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