Originally Posted by snow*

Hey buddy, In my case I wanted my rocker cover red again but with the lettering in Silver (not the raw alloy as it tarnishes over time)

So I had the whole thing painted silver first.

Then a coat of the red is painted over the top.

Once the rocker cover was dry I put in a linishing machine and delicatley sanded/ground the very top later of the red paint off, as all the lettering is raised it removed the red on the lettering and exposed the silver paint that was underneath.

Obviously if you just want the one colour and the lettering to be original plain alloy finish then all you have to do is lightly sand the paint off the lettering once the rocker cover is dry. Use wet n dry sand paper wrapped around the end of a file for a smooth flat finish.

I hope this makes sense to you, as I've now confused myself

Originally Posted by karl-rst

thanks mate i will give it a try also how do people paint the rocker cover i got all the old paint off but wondered how they paint the letters without going on the polished part cheers for any help