I have just finished lettering another cola fridge ,this was a traier for a rod each one i try a different approach some seem to have a clear raised embossing to paint others not Ive tried dabbing with paint on the end of a foam roller,that helps sometimes to get the definition then tidying with the brush Some seem to be easier and quicker than others
We all must have been called upon to do these fifties icons how have you done yours?
Also how were they done new ,was it a stencil that fitted over the embossed logo..who knows?
Terry
Posted by Larry Elliott (Member # 263) on :
Terry, I've redone a few here in the States and the originals appear to have been screen printed on the embossing. I just hand-brush them back on with 1-shot white with a drop black and a drop of yellow to soften the white. Sounds like someone is building these and doing dome embossing if it is a clear raised area, the originals were stamped in the metal. I have here in the shop an old refridgerator from the '40s that has the shape of the earlier coke machines with the rounded corners that we've painted red and put the coke emblems on.
Posted by CJ Allan (Member # 52) on :
Terry.......... Are we talking about old "Original' Cola machines...or some of the reproductions that are now being made............??
Uhhhhhhhh, Never mind.....I just found out there are two of these posts, and the answer i wanted is on the other one.............Naturally
...............cj
[ August 11, 2003, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: CJ Allan ]
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