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| bmwmotogreg |
Posted on 06/01/16 - 8:25 PM
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Our 1999 Mercury is looking a bit faded but runs great. Any reason to not order the decals and pay the local body shop to pain the engine cover? Anything special we should do knowing that it is going to be subject to a marine environment?
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| Phil T |
Posted on 06/02/16 - 5:33 AM
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Nothing wrong with that.
As with all painting, preparing the material for paint is key.
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| bmwmotogreg |
Posted on 06/08/16 - 7:20 PM
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Phil T wrote:
Nothing wrong with that.
As with all painting, preparing the material for paint is key.
One coat of paint, decals then two coats of clear? What do you recommend? Thank you.
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| Finnegan |
Posted on 06/08/16 - 10:51 PM
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Let the body shop determine how to paint the cover, and number of coats, etc. Be sure to have them use Mercury Phantom Black. Generally decals should not be clearcoated over, but I would get that information from the decal company. The place I use does not recommend it.
These classic Mercs have been professionally repainted, and I did the new decal work. Clearcoating over the decals was not recommended.
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| Turpin |
Posted on 06/09/16 - 2:55 AM
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Not sure how bad of shape your cover is in. a friend wanted me to repaint his mercury cover but i suggested we remove the decals and try sanding and buffing first. It looked good as new, then we applied new decals and it truly looked brand new.
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Posted on 06/09/16 - 3:09 AM
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Finnegan wrote:
Let the body shop determine how to paint the cover, and number of coats, etc. Be sure to have them use Mercury Phantom Black. Generally decals should not be clearcoated over, but I would get that information from the decal company. The place I use does not recommend it.
These classic Mercs have been professionally repainted, and I did the new decal work. Clearcoating over the decals was not recommended.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/lgolt...8469996257
Where did you get those decals with the "chrome"? The only ones I can find substitute silver.
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| bmwmotogreg |
Posted on 06/09/16 - 5:39 AM
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There is a seller on eBay of the decals. Anyone have experience w/ the ebay seller and/or anyone else that makes quality decals?
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| Siesta-330 |
Posted on 06/09/16 - 7:16 AM
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I had mine done 3 years ago by a fellow in Sarasota. Twin 225's (1999). No clear coat was used and aftermarket decals applied. They turned out outstanding! Not cheap though... $300/per cowling... Included pick-up, prep, paint, new decals, and delivery.
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| Phil T |
Posted on 06/09/16 - 7:33 AM
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I would go with Finnegan's source for decals and not online. And the source is.....?
E-Bay tends to have knock offs that are not right and/or poor quality.
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| Finnegan |
Posted on 06/09/16 - 10:40 AM
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I use this fellow in Toronto, Canada
http://www.nymarine.ca/index.htmlindex.html
But he only has Mercury decals up through 1993.
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Posted on 06/11/16 - 5:39 PM
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Anybody ever try replacementdecals.com ?
Looking about to see if one supplier looks better than others...
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| arcadiainc |
Posted on 06/11/16 - 6:01 PM
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Had my 1995 Johnson 130 professionally painted, clear coated and decaled. It looks as new. $300.00 for everything, however well worth it.
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| bmwmotogreg |
Posted on 06/11/16 - 6:11 PM
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arcadiainc wrote:
Had my 1995 Johnson 130 professionally painted, clear coated and decaled. It looks as new. $300.00 for everything, however well worth it.
I would love to find someone that would do the work for that and have it look professional. Right now I have to get the engine running right first but having the engine look nice is the project I really want to get to...
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