Cal

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  13. Posted

    Good morning folks,

    Hope y'all are having a great Tuesday so far.  Just a quick question about the forum for a newbie please.

    At the top right of my web page, to the left of my name is a couple of icons.  I get the messenger icon and have actually used it a time or two.

    There is a second icon, not sure what it is supposed to be, but there was a red flag on it this morning.  How long it's been there I don't know.  When I click on the icon I have a list of "notifications" that various members "liked a post..."  This list goes back about a month.  I clicked on them to see if I missed a comment or reply to a post I made.  I don't think I had; I did see that the specific post was "liked" that it showed up in the post.

     

    Is there something I need/should be doing in response to these?  Is there a "secret society" of "post likers" that one is invited to join after so many?  It's not like gang membership I hope, where you have to rob a convenience store or something to gain entrance...

    Thanks for any enlightenment,

    Cal

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  19. Posted

    Thanks Scott,

    SeeJay, I used a craft acrylic paint I picked up at Michaels and brushed it on.  These solid colors were easy, the glitter paint I used on the sun visor mirrors was a little more problematic.  That stuff just kinda globbed on... Finished product looked killer though!

    Cal

  21. Posted

    Thanks handyman, Monkey - shame on you for parting with such fine classics!  I bought this one when I was a kid about 40+ years ago.  After my son & I did the restore I gave it to him.

    As for the technique on the back of the mirror, that was exactly what I did.  Remember to reverse the image.  It looks a lot better in person than in the pic...

    Cal

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  22. Posted

    Thanks, fellas for the comments & tips.  I like 'em all...

    edge, you made me doubt myself - even though I was using the pub's logo as my guide.  I am going to say that the flag is correct, only that this doesn't represent a "whole" Union Jack, but rather a cropped version for the logo.  That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it...

    Cal

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  23. Posted

    These are for my son's car; a '67 Firebird.

    I did the simple etching to begin with.  He was thrilled with them.  Then I decided to try my hand at a reverse etching on the rear and applying paint.  The red is a glitter paint and really sparkles.  It is hard for me to describe his reaction to this second set...

     

    BTW - if you have any tips for taking pics of mirrors, please share!

    Cal

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