- Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:45 pm
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HaydenSI wrote:Question, you said you had a primer layer of the white polymer to make the engraving pop on the body. I may have missed it but how did you make the engraving on the Seibon carbon pieces stand out whereas on the intake, fuel pump cover, etc they seemed more to blend rather than stand out.
The only think I can think of is since its engraved it sits far enough below the un-engraved pieces you sprayed the white polymer over the entire carbon piece after engraving then carefully wet sanded it down and re-polished? I may be wrong though.
Thanks for the question. The white polyester primer layer is only underneath the paint on the body and bumpers. The carbon parts do not have anything done to them yet other than the hand engraving. The light color you see in some of the pics showing the engraved carbon parts is just the lighting from the flash on the camera getting caught in the engraving portion of each piece. Also, the SEIBON carbon has a pretty thick layer of resin over top of the carbon layer so with a camera flash, the engravings seem to have some sort of white / color to them. The dry carbon Password JDM parts that I engraved are very thin with very little resin layer covering the carbon. Thus making the engravings appear to be more sublte.
I am however adding color to all of the engravings on the car as well as all of the carbon fiber parts on the body once the initial engraving on the car is done. You are correct, the engravings are below the un-engraved surface areas. This is the area where the final color Im adding to the car will stay and everything else can be wet sanded and clear coated, leaving just the engraved portions with color. I hope this info wasnt too confusing and I was able to answer your question.
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