My OFF-ROAD POPUP has some Diamond Plate finish on it and the dealer has printed his Dealership name across a section of it. It is painted on...Looks great but I am wondering how they did that... I will be wanting to add some ID info on my Battery Case project which has Diamond Plate finish on the front and back sides.Just holding up a stencil and spraying through the cut-out did not do well for me haha... Also with the diamond plate raised symbols placing stick-on letters doesn't do well either...Anyone experimented with this with good results...Roy Ken

If they won't tell you, the try the way we did it. Tape the stencil on and then mask it about a foot around - tight mask - means no open edges of the mask. Now run you gun lightly and way back so the paint has very low velocity when it gets there. That way, it will be going straight through the stencil and won't get blown under the open edges. Matt

MATT - I just looked again at the dealer lettering and it really looks more like an add-on lettering now the closer I look at it. I was able to pick up the edge of a lettering that over lapped one of the Diamond Plate symbols... The 1/2-inch high lettering has been in place since 2008 and still looks great after many washings and cleanups...My only attempt of just holding up a stencil and using a spray can did not turn out good at all haha... I immediately wiped it off with WD40... My ultimate back-up plan perhaps is going to be just add a nice looking metal plate attached to the diamond plate with my ID info on it...RoyB

Hey Roy - why not just mark the INSIDE of the case...diamond plate is smooth on that side. ST

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RoyB
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2016
LOGGENROCK - I have really laid down the rubberized paint on the inside of my aluminum battery box at the suggestion of MEX. Not a smooth finish anymore haha... MEX convinced me not to let the battery vented acid fumes do any harm to the inside aluminum finish...

Roy Ken
RoyB
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2016
Hey John - That sounds interesting... Will definitely give that idea a try...

Thanks...

Roy Ken
John_Wayne
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2016
Get vinyl lettering that you want and use a heat gun to warm the vinyl lettering to attach it to the diamond plate.
loggenrock
Explorer
Oct 16, 2016
Hey Roy - why not just mark the INSIDE of the case...diamond plate is smooth on that side. ST
RoyB
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2016
MATT - I just looked again at the dealer lettering and it really looks more like an add-on lettering now the closer I look at it. I was able to pick up the edge of a lettering that over lapped one of the Diamond Plate symbols... The 1/2-inch high lettering has been in place since 2008 and still looks great after many washings and cleanups...

My only attempt of just holding up a stencil and using a spray can did not turn out good at all haha... I immediately wiped it off with WD40...

My ultimate back-up plan perhaps is going to be just add a nice looking metal plate attached to the diamond plate with my ID info on it...

RoyB
Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2016
If they won't tell you, the try the way we did it.

Tape the stencil on and then mask it about a foot around - tight mask - means no open edges of the mask. Now run you gun lightly and way back so the paint has very low velocity when it gets there. That way, it will be going straight through the stencil and won't get blown under the open edges.

Matt
RoyB
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2016
Okie Dokie Great idea...
gbopp
Explorer
Oct 16, 2016
Why not just ask the dealer?

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